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The Worst Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel

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Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 3 - The Great Mojave Chase
    0.0/10(221 votes)

    #1 - The Great Mojave Chase

    S1:E3

    A sportsman sponsors a contest, betting that no one can elude his posse in the Mojave Desert. When Paladin shows up riding a camel, the man decides that the only way he can still win is to get rid of Paladin.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  2. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 4 - Winchester Quarantine
    0.0/10(210 votes)

    #2 - Winchester Quarantine

    S1:E4

    At a stagecoach stop, Paladin sees a peaceful Cherokee rancher being beaten by white men who think his cattle are spreading a sickness. Paladin offers his help.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Herb Meadow

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  3. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 5 - A Matter of Ethics
    0.0/10(215 votes)

    #3 - A Matter of Ethics

    S1:E5

    An accused murderer who fears that he will be lynched before he can be returned to Bender, Wyoming, for trial, hires Paladin to make sure he gets there alive.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  4. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 10 - The Long Night
    0.0/10(199 votes)

    #4 - The Long Night

    S1:E10

    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

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  5. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 11 - The Colonel and the Lady
    0.0/10(199 votes)

    #5 - The Colonel and the Lady

    S1:E11

    A retired colonel sends Paladin to a Nevada mining town to find out what happened to a former saloon girl.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Michael Fessier

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  6. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 12 - No Visitors
    0.0/10(204 votes)

    #6 - No Visitors

    S1:E12

    When Paladin finds a woman and her apparently typhoid-afflicted child abandoned by a wagonmaster, he enlists the aid of a female doctor from a nearby town, but a religious fanatic then tries to bar them from entry.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  7. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 31 - Never Help the Devil
    0.0/10(106 votes)

    #7 - Never Help the Devil

    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.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 32 - Ambush
    0.0/10(114 votes)

    #8 - Ambush

    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.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 33 - Black Sheep
    0.0/10(115 votes)

    #9 - Black Sheep

    S3:E33

    Ben Huttner is a fugitive wanted for manslaughter. He is also the illegitimate son of a very wealthy man and stands to inherit his five million dollar estate, but he must first come back and stand trial. Paladin is hired to find him and either bring him back to stand trial or get him to sign a paper giving up his inheritance.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  10. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 34 - Full Circle
    0.0/10(103 votes)

    #10 - Full Circle

    S3:E34

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 35 - The Twins
    0.0/10(118 votes)

    #11 - The Twins

    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.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 36 - The Campaign of Billy Banjo
    0.0/10(110 votes)

    #12 - The Campaign of Billy Banjo

    S3:E36

    Billy Banjo, a friend of Paladin, asks Paladin to help with a fair election.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Richard Baer

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  13. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 37 - Ransom
    0.0/10(88 votes)

    #13 - Ransom

    S3:E37

    Paladin is hired to find Colonel Celine in order to get him to sign an important document.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 38 - The Trial
    0.0/10(103 votes)

    #14 - The Trial

    S3:E38

    Paladin is hired by Morgan Gibbs to bring in his son, who is wanted for murder. There is a $500 dead or alive bounty on him and Morgan offers to pay Paladin $5000 to bring him in alive. When Paladin brings him in draped over his horse, Paladin is put on trial for killing him.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 39 - The Search
    0.0/10(97 votes)

    #15 - The Search

    S3:E39

    Mrs. Kilmer is dying and asks Paladin to find her missing son, Martin Kilmer. Edwards, a detective, managed to trace Martin as far as Harper City, where Edwards was then killed. Fred Harper, a half crazy man who runs Harper City, doesn't want Paladin to succeed.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 1 - The Fatalist
    0.0/10(150 votes)

    #16 - The Fatalist

    S4:E1

    A Russian Jewish immigrant and his daughter are coerced by a local town boss not to testify in court about a murder. The daughter comes to San Francisco to enlist Paladin's help.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  17. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 2 - Love's Young Dream
    0.0/10(167 votes)

    #17 - Love's Young Dream

    S4:E2

    Monk (The Naked Gun, Episode #92) arrives in San Francisco to collect his inheritance, a half-interest in a night club. He ends up at the Carlton Hotel to ask Paladin for help.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 3 - A Head of Hair
    0.0/10(141 votes)

    #18 - A Head of Hair

    S4:E3

    An Apache indian has his eye on scalping Paladin.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 4 - Out at the Old Ballpark
    0.0/10(126 votes)

    #19 - Out at the Old Ballpark

    S4:E4

    Paladin serves as umpire for a Wild West baseball game.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 5 - Saturday Night
    0.0/10(120 votes)

    #20 - Saturday Night

    S4:E5

    After being arrested along with several others for fighting in a barroom brawl, Paladin wakes up in a cell and discovers that one of the other men has been murdered.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 6 - The Calf
    0.0/10(113 votes)

    #21 - The Calf

    S4:E6

    When a calf is found dead, a rancher seeks revenge on another.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 7 - The Tender Gun
    0.0/10(115 votes)

    #22 - The Tender Gun

    S4:E7

    During his travels, Paladin encounters a female sheriff.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 8 - The Shooting of Jesse May
    0.0/10(150 votes)

    #23 - The Shooting of Jesse May

    S4:E8

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

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 9 - The Poker Fiend
    0.0/10(130 votes)

    #24 - The Poker Fiend

    S4:E9

    A poker game takes a deadly turn and Paladin is caught in the middle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 10 - Crowbait
    0.0/10(110 votes)

    #25 - Crowbait

    S4:E10

    A man risks his life to be able to protect his daughter's dowry.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Great Mojave Chase" is the worst rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel". It scored /10 based on 221 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Gene Roddenberry, it aired on 9/28/1957. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Winchester Quarantine".