Have Gun, Will Travel

(1957)

"I don't think you got a very good look at this gun while you had it."

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 first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.

Seasons

225

Episodes

Ended

Status

September 14, 1957

First Aired

Season Ratings

4.0→4.0

4.0/10(1 votes)

Networks: CBS

Genres: Western, Action & Adventure, Drama

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Season 1

39 episodes • 1957Avg: 4.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Three Bells to Perdido	Sep 14, 1957	0.0
2	The Outlaw	Sep 21, 1957	0.0
3	The Great Mojave Chase	Sep 28, 1957	0.0
4	Winchester Quarantine	Oct 5, 1957	0.0
5	A Matter of Ethics	Oct 12, 1957	0.0
6	The Bride	Oct 19, 1957	0.0
7	Strange Vendetta	Oct 26, 1957	0.0
8	High Wire	Nov 2, 1957	0.0
9	Show of Force	Nov 9, 1957	4.0
10	The Long Night	Nov 16, 1957	0.0
11	The Colonel and the Lady	Nov 23, 1957	0.0
12	No Visitors	Nov 30, 1957	0.0
13	The Englishman	Dec 7, 1957	0.0
14	The Yuma Treasure	Dec 14, 1957	0.0
15	The Hanging Cross	Dec 21, 1957	0.0
16	Helen of Abajinian	Dec 28, 1957	0.0
17	Ella West	Jan 4, 1958	0.0
18	The Reasonable Man	Jan 11, 1958	0.0
19	The High-Graders	Jan 18, 1958	0.0
20	The Last Laugh	Jan 25, 1958	0.0
21	The Bostonian	Feb 2, 1958	0.0
22	The Singer	Feb 8, 1958	0.0
23	Bitter Wine	Feb 15, 1958	0.0
24	Girl from Piccadilly	Feb 22, 1958	0.0
25	The O'Hare Story	Mar 1, 1958	0.0
26	Birds of a Feather	Mar 8, 1958	0.0
27	The Teacher	Mar 15, 1958	0.0
28	Killer's Widow	Mar 22, 1958	0.0
29	Gun Shy	Mar 29, 1958	0.0
30	The Prizefight Story	Apr 5, 1958	0.0
31	Hey Boy's Revenge	Apr 12, 1958	0.0
32	The Five Books of Owen Deaver	Apr 26, 1958	0.0
33	The Silver Queen	May 3, 1958	0.0
34	Three Sons	May 10, 1958	0.0
35	The Return of Dr. Thackeray	May 17, 1958	0.0
36	24 Hours at North Fork	May 24, 1958	0.0
37	Silver Convoy	May 31, 1958	0.0
38	Deliver the Body	Jun 7, 1958	0.0
39	The Statue of San Sebastian	Jun 14, 1958	0.0

Season 2

39 episodes • 1958

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Manhunter	Sep 13, 1958
2	In an Evil Time	Sep 20, 1958
3	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk	Sep 27, 1958
4	The Hanging of Roy Carter	Oct 4, 1958
5	Duel at Florence	Oct 11, 1958
6	The Protege	Oct 18, 1958
7	The Road to Wickenburg	Oct 25, 1958
8	A Sense of Justice	Nov 1, 1958
9	Young Gun	Nov 8, 1958
10	The Lady	Nov 15, 1958
11	A Snare for Murder	Nov 22, 1958
12	The Ballad of Oscar Wilde	Dec 6, 1958
13	The Solid Gold Patrol	Dec 13, 1958
14	Something to Live For	Dec 20, 1958
15	The Moor's Revenge	Dec 27, 1958
16	The Wager	Jan 3, 1959
17	The Taffeta Mayor	Jan 10, 1959
18	Lady on the Stagecoach	Jan 17, 1959
19	Treasure Trail	Jan 24, 1959
20	Juliet	Jan 31, 1959
21	Hunt the Man Down	Feb 7, 1959
22	The Scorched Feather	Feb 14, 1959
23	The Return of the Lady	Feb 21, 1959
24	The Monster of Moon Ridge	Feb 28, 1959
25	The Long Hunt	Mar 7, 1959
26	Death of a Gunfighter	Mar 14, 1959
27	Incident at Borrasca Bend	Mar 21, 1959
28	Maggie O'Bannion	Apr 4, 1959
29	The Chase	Apr 11, 1959
30	Alaska	Apr 18, 1959
31	The Man Who Lost	Apr 25, 1959
32	The Return of Roy Carter	May 2, 1959
33	The Sons of Aaron Murdock	May 9, 1959
34	Comanche	May 16, 1959
35	Homecoming	May 23, 1959
36	The Fifth Man	May 30, 1959
37	Heritage of Anger	Jun 6, 1959
38	The Haunted Trees	Jun 13, 1959
39	Gold and Brimstone	Jun 20, 1959

Season 3

39 episodes • 1959

#	Episode	Air Date
1	First, Catch a Tiger	Sep 12, 1959
2	Episode in Laredo	Sep 19, 1959
3	Les Girls	Sep 26, 1959
4	The Posse	Oct 3, 1959
5	Shot by Request	Oct 10, 1959
6	Pancho	Oct 24, 1959
7	Fragile	Oct 31, 1959
8	The Unforgiven	Nov 7, 1959
9	The Black Handkerchief	Nov 14, 1959
10	The Golden Toad	Nov 21, 1959
11	Tiger	Nov 28, 1959
12	Champagne Safari	Dec 5, 1959
13	Charley Red Dog	Dec 12, 1959
14	The Naked Gun	Dec 19, 1959
15	One Came Back	Dec 26, 1959
16	The Prophet	Jan 2, 1960
17	Day of the Badman	Jan 9, 1960
18	The Pledge	Jan 16, 1960
19	Jenny	Jan 23, 1960
20	Return to Fort Benjamin	Jan 30, 1960
21	The Night the Town Died	Feb 6, 1960
22	The Ledge	Feb 13, 1960
23	The Lady on the Wall	Feb 20, 1960
24	The Misguided Father	Feb 27, 1960
25	The Hatchet Man	Mar 5, 1960
26	Fight at Adobe Wells	Mar 12, 1960
27	The Gladiators	Mar 19, 1960
28	Love of a Bad Woman	Mar 26, 1960
29	An International Affair	Apr 2, 1960
30	Lady with a Gun	Apr 9, 1960
31	Never Help the Devil	Apr 16, 1960
32	Ambush	Apr 23, 1960
33	Black Sheep	Apr 30, 1960
34	Full Circle	May 14, 1960
35	The Twins	May 21, 1960
36	The Campaign of Billy Banjo	May 28, 1960
37	Ransom	Jun 4, 1960
38	The Trial	Jun 11, 1960
39	The Search	Jun 18, 1960

Season 4

38 episodes • 1960

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Fatalist	Sep 10, 1960
2	Love's Young Dream	Sep 17, 1960
3	A Head of Hair	Sep 24, 1960
4	Out at the Old Ballpark	Oct 1, 1960
5	Saturday Night	Oct 8, 1960
6	The Calf	Oct 15, 1960
7	The Tender Gun	Oct 22, 1960
8	The Shooting of Jesse May	Oct 29, 1960
9	The Poker Fiend	Nov 12, 1960
10	Crowbait	Nov 19, 1960
11	Marshal's Boy	Nov 26, 1960
12	Foggbound	Dec 3, 1960
13	The Legacy	Dec 10, 1960
14	The Prisoner	Dec 17, 1960
15	The Mountebank	Dec 24, 1960
16	The Sanctuary	Dec 31, 1960
17	A Quiet Night in Town (1)	Jan 7, 1961
18	A Quiet Night in Town (2)	Jan 14, 1961
19	The Princess and the Gunfighter	Jan 21, 1961
20	Shadow of a Man	Jan 28, 1961
21	Long Way Home	Feb 4, 1961
22	The Taxgatherer	Feb 11, 1961
23	The Fatal Flaw	Feb 25, 1961
24	Fandango	Mar 4, 1961
25	The Last Judgement	Mar 11, 1961
26	The Gold Bar	Mar 18, 1961
27	Everyman	Mar 25, 1961
28	The Siege	Apr 1, 1961
29	The Long Weekend	Apr 8, 1961
30	El Paso Stage	Apr 15, 1961
31	Duke of Texas	Apr 22, 1961
32	Broken Image	Apr 29, 1961
33	Brother's Keeper	May 6, 1961
34	Bearbait	May 13, 1961
35	The Cure	May 20, 1961
36	The Road	May 27, 1961
37	The Uneasy Grave	Jun 3, 1961
38	Soledad Crossing	Jun 10, 1961

Season 5

38 episodes • 1961

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Vigil	Sep 16, 1961
2	The Education of Sarah Jane	Sep 23, 1961
3	The Revenger	Sep 30, 1961
4	Odds for Big Red	Oct 7, 1961
5	A Proof of Love	Oct 14, 1961
6	The Gospel Singer	Oct 21, 1961
7	The Race	Oct 28, 1961
8	The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs	Nov 4, 1961
9	The Piano	Nov 11, 1961
10	Ben Jalisco	Nov 18, 1961
11	The Brothers	Nov 25, 1961
12	A Drop of Blood	Dec 2, 1961
13	A Knight to Remember	Dec 9, 1961
14	Blind Circle	Dec 16, 1961
15	The Kid	Dec 23, 1961
16	Squatter's Rights	Dec 30, 1961
17	Lazarus	Jan 6, 1962
18	Justice in Hell	Jan 13, 1962
19	Mark of Cain	Jan 20, 1962
20	The Exiles	Jan 27, 1962
21	The Hunt	Feb 3, 1962
22	Dream Girl	Feb 10, 1962
23	One, Two, Three	Feb 17, 1962
24	The Waiting Room	Feb 24, 1962
25	The Trap	Mar 3, 1962
26	Don't Shoot the Piano Player	Mar 10, 1962
27	Alice	Mar 17, 1962
28	The Man Who Struck Moonshine	Mar 24, 1962
29	Silent Death, Secret Death	Mar 31, 1962
30	Hobson's Choice	Apr 7, 1962
31	The Coming of the Tiger	Apr 14, 1962
32	Darwin's Man	Apr 21, 1962
33	Invasion	Apr 28, 1962
34	Cream of the Jest	May 5, 1962
35	Bandit	May 12, 1962
36	Pandora's Box	May 19, 1962
37	Jonah and the Trout	May 26, 1962
38	The Knight	Jun 2, 1962

Season 6

32 episodes • 1962

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Genesis	Sep 15, 1962
2	Taylor's Woman	Sep 22, 1962
3	The Fifth Bullet	Sep 29, 1962
4	A Place For Abel Hix	Oct 6, 1962
5	Beau Geste	Oct 13, 1962
6	Bird of Time	Oct 20, 1962
7	Memories of Monica	Oct 27, 1962
8	The Predators	Nov 3, 1962
9	Shootout at Hogtooth	Nov 10, 1962
10	A Miracle for St. Francis	Nov 17, 1962
11	Marshal of Sweetwater	Nov 24, 1962
12	Man in an Hourglass	Dec 1, 1962
13	Penelope	Dec 8, 1962
14	Trial at Tablerock	Dec 15, 1962
15	Be Not Forgetful of Strangers	Dec 22, 1962
16	The Treasure	Dec 29, 1962
17	Brotherhood	Jan 5, 1963
18	Bob Wire	Jan 12, 1963
19	The Debutante	Jan 19, 1963
20	Unforgiving Minute	Jan 26, 1963
21	American Primitive	Feb 2, 1963
22	The Burning Tree	Feb 9, 1963
23	Cage at McNaab	Feb 16, 1963
24	The Caravan	Feb 23, 1963
25	The Walking Years	Mar 2, 1963
26	Sweet Lady of the Moon	Mar 9, 1963
27	The Savages	Mar 16, 1963
28	The Eve of St. Elmo	Mar 23, 1963
29	Lady of the Fifth Moon	Mar 30, 1963
30	Two Plus One	Apr 6, 1963
31	The Black Bull	Apr 13, 1963
32	Face of a Shadow	Apr 20, 1963

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