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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel

Every episode of Have Gun, Will Travel ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel!

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or...
Genres:WesternAction & AdventureDrama
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel". It scored 8.8/10 based on 148 votes. Directed by Richard Boone and written by N/A, it aired on 11/4/1961. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Outlaw".

  • The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs
    8.8/10148 votes
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    #1 - The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1961

    Singer Odetta plays Sarah Gibbs, who is barred by a marshal from visiting her condemned husband.

    Director: Richard Boone

    Writer: N/A

  • The Outlaw
    8.6/10256 votes
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    #2 - The Outlaw

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1957

    Manfred Holt breaks out of jail, killing two deputies. Is he on his way to kill the banker who testified against him, or to see his family for the last time? The banker hires Paladin.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: Sam Rolfe

  • Lady on the Stagecoach
    8.6/10162 votes
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    #3 - Lady on the Stagecoach

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/17/1959

    Paladin is traveling on a stagecoach with four others, one of whom is Della White Cloud, the educated daughter of an Apache chief. The stage is also carrying a strongbox full of gold, which Ed Rance wants.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • The Teacher
    8.5/10154 votes
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    #4 - The Teacher

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/15/1958

    Paladin defends a schoolmistress who's being theatened for teaching about war crimes that took place during the Civil War.

    Director: Lamont Johnson

    Writer: Sam Rolfe

  • In an Evil Time
    8.5/10145 votes
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    #5 - In an Evil Time

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1958

    Pappy French and his gang have robbed the bank in Mercede of $50,000. Pappy ran off with the cash and left his gang to shoot it out with the law. Paladin is hired to bring Pappy and the money back.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

  • The Protege
    8.5/10144 votes
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    #6 - The Protege

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1958

    Paladin answers an ad in the paper by Kurt Sprague: ""Teach me to quick draw and shoot. Instruction desperately needed. Will pay one thousand dollars. Only experts need apply."" Kurt needs to learn in order to go back home. Paladin does a very good job. Only one problem: Kurt enjoys showing off his new found skill a little too much.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: Frank D. Gilroy

  • The Posse
    8.5/10113 votes
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    #7 - The Posse

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1959

    Paladin stops to ask a stranger for directions and is invited to share his campsite. Later, when a posse arrives, the man announces that Paladin is the murderer they have been looking for.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: Gene Roddenberry

  • Long Way Home
    8.5/1099 votes
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    #8 - Long Way Home

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1961

    The hunter becomes the hunted. When Paladin captures a former slave turned outlaw, a gang of rough bounty hunters fight to take his prisoner, dead or alive. When Paladin is bitten by a rattlesnake, the outlaw has to choose between saving him and saving himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Waiting Room
    8.5/1098 votes
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    #9 - The Waiting Room

    Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 2/24/1962

    After a 4 state murder spree, the Wilder Brothers head back to Texas for trial, under Paladin's gun.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Killer's Widow
    8.4/10143 votes
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    #10 - Killer's Widow

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/22/1958

    After having killed a bank robber, Paladin is accused of having taken the stolen money. He visits the dead man's widow and tries to make amends.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: N/A

  • Hey Boy's Revenge
    8.4/10131 votes
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    #11 - Hey Boy's Revenge

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/12/1958

    When Hey Boy's brother is killed for protesting the working conditions on a Chinese railroad gang in Utah, Paladin must get the boy out of jail and bring the killer to justice.

    Director: Lewis Milestone

    Writer: N/A

  • The Manhunter
    8.4/10141 votes
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    #12 - The Manhunter

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1958

    Paladin is forced to kill Jimmy Dawes, wanted for murder. When he takes him back to his home town, the townspeople, the sheriff and the boy's brothers give him a hostile welcome.

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hanging of Roy Carter
    8.4/10137 votes
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    #13 - The Hanging of Roy Carter

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1958

    Roy Carter is scheduled to be hanged. Another man confesses to the murder just before the execution is to take place. Paladin is hired to try to convince the warden to delay the hanging until the Governor can be reached.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: Gene Roddenberry

  • El Paso Stage
    8.4/10113 votes
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    #14 - El Paso Stage

    Season 4 Episode 30 - Aired 4/15/1961

    Paladin decides to end the reign of terror of a psychotic town marshal.

    Director: Robert Butler

    Writer: Gene Roddenberry

  • Genesis
    8.4/10195 votes
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    #15 - Genesis

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1962

    After an unsuccessful attempt on his life by young Roderick Jefferson, Paladin is prompted into remembering a similar incident from his past. Once, as a youth, he agreed to pay off a gambling debt by shooting it out with a professional gunfighter.

    Director: William Conrad

    Writer: Sam Rolfe

  • The Fifth Bullet
    8.4/10104 votes
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    #16 - The Fifth Bullet

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1962

    After eight years, Paladin tries to repay a convict for the lie he was told when he arrested him. "I promise you a fair trial" is what he said.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shooting of Jesse May
    8.3/10134 votes
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    #17 - The Shooting of Jesse May

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1960

    When Jesse May is shot, Paladin begins to believe that a boy murdered him.

    Director: Richard Boone

    Writer: N/A

  • A Quiet Night in Town (1)
    8.3/10135 votes
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    #18 - A Quiet Night in Town (1)

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1961

    Paladin arrives in the Texas border town of Jody with a murder suspect named Joselito Kincaid. Their appearance creates tension: this is cow country, and Kincaid is a sheepherder. (Part 1 of 2)

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: N/A

  • A Quiet Night in Town (2)
    8.3/10122 votes
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    #19 - A Quiet Night in Town (2)

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1961

    When a group of men kill Paladin's prisoner, Paladin must bring the group of murders to justice. (Part 2 of 2)

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: N/A

  • Justice in Hell
    8.3/1090 votes
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    #20 - Justice in Hell

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1962

    Paladin goes after a wagon-master who led the massacre of his own wagon train. Rusty Doggett hides out in a town entirely populated by wanted outlaws.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Predators
    8.3/1094 votes
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    #21 - The Predators

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1962

    Paladin is after a man suspected of killing a marshal. After finally capturing him in the desert he claims his innocence.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: N/A

  • Be Not Forgetful of Strangers
    8.3/10133 votes
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    #22 - Be Not Forgetful of Strangers

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 12/22/1962

    Paladin rides into a Texas town at Christmas time and encounters a saloon full of merrymakers. Soon afterward a cowboy brings in a pregnant girl who may not survive the impending birth.

    Director: Richard Boone

    Writer: N/A

  • High Wire
    8.2/10184 votes
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    #23 - High Wire

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1957

    A hobo who was once a circus performer bets a gambler that he can walk across the saloon on a tightrope. When Paladin sees that the gambler intends to cheat, he decides to help even the odds.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • The Long Night
    8.2/10174 votes
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    #24 - The Long Night

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1957

    A wealthy cattleman holds Paladin and two other men hostage. They will all die at dawn unless one of them admits to the murder of the rancher's wife.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: Sam Rolfe

  • The Return of Dr. Thackeray
    8.2/10129 votes
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    #25 - The Return of Dr. Thackeray

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/17/1958

    Dr. Phyllis Thackeray diagnoses the cook at the Barton Ranch with smallpox. All the cowhands may be infected and need to be vaccinated. Dr. Thackeray sends for the one man she thinks can help.

    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer: Sam Rolfe