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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel

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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...

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  1. 8.6/10(117 votes)

    #1 - The Posse

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    S3:E4

    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.

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  2. 8.2/10(100 votes)

    #2 - The Unforgiven

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    S3:E8

    Retired and wealthy General Crommer is dying. He asks Padadin, who holds an old grudge against him, to do him a favor. He asks him to take a message of forgiveness to another man who hates Crommer. A favor which might get Paladin killed.

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    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.1/10(103 votes)

    #3 - Fight at Adobe Wells

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    S3:E26

    Paladin is hired to escort Jonathan Guilder through Indian country.

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    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.1/10(102 votes)

    #4 - The Gladiators

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    S3:E27

    Allison Windrom hires Paladin to stop her father and Graham Beckley from dueling.

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    Director:N/A
  5. 8.1/10(104 votes)

    #5 - The Twins

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    S3:E35

    Adam Mirakian is wanted for a murder he claims his twin brother Sam committed. He hires Paladin to find his brother and clear his name. The only person who can tell them apart is Adam's wife, Beth.

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  6. 8.0/10(120 votes)

    #6 - Charley Red Dog

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    S3:E13

    The town of Santa Maria, New Mexico is in need of a new town marshal, and one man, Charley Red Dog, is out to get the job. However, he may not survive unless Paladin lends a hand.

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  8. 8.0/10(99 votes)

    #7 - The Hatchet Man

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    S3:E25

    San Francisco hires Paladin to protect a Chinese detective.

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  9. 8.0/10(96 votes)

    #8 - Love of a Bad Woman

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    S3:E28

    Tamsen Sommers is advertising for a husband, which presents a problem since she already has one. The husband hires Paladin to protect him from the men competing for the right to marry her.

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  10. 7.9/10(141 votes)

    #9 - First, Catch a Tiger

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    S3:E1

    Two of the three men who brought in and helped to hang an outlaw have been killed by an assassin. The third man, Paladin, is staying at a hotel where one of the guests is the killer.

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    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.9/10(124 votes)

    #10 - Episode in Laredo

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    S3:E2

    Kovak is reserving the entire hotel in Laredo, Texas for Sam Tuttle, a famous unbeatable gunfighter. After Paladin is forced to kill Kovak, Tuttle must challenge Paladin in order to keep his reputation in tact.

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  12. 7.9/10(112 votes)

    #11 - Shot by Request

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    S3:E5

    Ainslee is a well-dressed, middle-aged gentleman and a reluctant gunfighter. He hires Paladin for a very strange task.

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.9/10(98 votes)

    #12 - The Golden Toad

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    S3:E10

    Paladin is drawn into a dispute between a male farmer and a female cattle rancher, with a fortune in buried treasure at stake.

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  14. 7.9/10(110 votes)

    #13 - The Naked Gun

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    S3:E14

    While in Oregon, Paladin makes a new friend, Monk, who he helps get out of a group of unruly herders.

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    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.9/10(105 votes)

    #14 - One Came Back

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    S3:E15

    When his five-year prison term for crimes committed during the Civil War is up, Ben Harvey is eager to return to his hometown of Gila. Harvey hires Paladin to keep him protected on the way to Gila.

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    Director:Don Taylor
  16. 7.9/10(87 votes)

    #15 - Never Help the Devil

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    S3:E31

    Doggie Kramer wins a gunfight, as the whole town he had been bullying watches, but ends up wounded. He needs Paladin to help him get out of town before the townspeople take their revenge.

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  17. 7.8/10(130 votes)

    #16 - The Lady on the Wall

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    S3:E23

    Paladin is accused of stealing a painting in the small town of Bonanza.

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  18. 7.7/10(94 votes)

    #17 - The Black Handkerchief

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    S3:E9

    A young man convicted of murder is scheduled for execution, and Paladin attempts to intervene before it's too late.

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  19. 7.7/10(100 votes)

    #18 - Lady with a Gun

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    S3:E30

    After she attempts to shoot Rudy Rossback and fails, Eve McIntosh offers Paladin $1,000 to kill him. After Paladin turns her down she hires another gunman.

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    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.6/10(98 votes)

    #19 - Fragile

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    S3:E7

    Paladin is hired by the owner of ""The Frenchman's"" restaurant to take a plate glass window to the town of Panamint, a wild gold-mining town.

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  21. 7.6/10(106 votes)

    #20 - Day of the Badman

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    S3:E17

    Cynthia Palmer hires Paladin to clean up the town of Cedar Wells and get a gang out. She also wants him to send her schoolteacher nephew named Laredo back east. Paladin decides he can restore Laredo's self-respect and get rid of the gang at the same time.

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    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.6/10(96 votes)

    #21 - Jenny

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    S3:E19

    Jenny Lake goes to Paladin for help to ward off Wilson, a suitor who is pursuing her. But when Jenny disappears, Paladin must follow a trail to find her.

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  23. 7.6/10(100 votes)

    #22 - Return to Fort Benjamin

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    S3:E20

    Paladin is hired to help an Indian chief whose son is awaiting execution by the U.S. Army. The chief wants Paladin to bring his body back following the execution to ensure he has a proper burial. However, once Paladin makes contact with the chief's son, he begins to wonder if he's actually guilty.

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  24. 7.6/10(105 votes)

    #23 - The Misguided Father

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    S3:E24

    An old friend of Paladin is shot and killed in Paladin's hotel room. After returning the body for burial, Paladin sets out to find the killer.

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  25. 7.6/10(99 votes)

    #24 - Ambush

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    S3:E32

    Paladin is taking Blandings back to stand trial and stops at a ferry crossing. They are captured and held along with three others. Someone is coming and they are being held until he arrives. Each thinks it's their worst enemy coming to kill them and all they can do is wait.

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    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.6/10(87 votes)

    #25 - Full Circle

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    S3:E34

    A man who left Paladin to die in his place writes to Paladin and asks for his help.

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    Director:N/A
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Posse" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel". It scored 8.6/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Gene Roddenberry, it aired on 10/3/1959. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Unforgiven".