Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)

Name: Have Gun - Will Travel
Genre: Western
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Richard Boone

Western

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.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (3,915 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 6
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Richard Boone Paladin

Seasons

Season 1 (1957)

7.88 avg 39 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 26 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Three Bells to Perdido	7.4	323
2	The Outlaw	8.5	303
3	The Great Mojave Chase	8.0	232
4	Winchester Quarantine	7.9	219
5	A Matter of Ethics	8.0	222
6	The Bride	7.8	224
7	Strange Vendetta	7.7	200
8	High Wire	8.2	218
9	Show of Force	7.7	171
10	The Long Night	8.2	206
11	The Colonel and the Lady	7.7	206
12	No Visitors	8.0	210
13	The Englishman	7.5	174
14	The Yuma Treasure	7.8	174
15	The Hanging Cross	7.6	140
16	Helen of Abajinian	7.9	188
17	Ella West	7.2	178
18	The Reasonable Man	8.0	171
19	The High Graders	7.8	163
20	The Last Laugh	7.7	165
21	The Bostonian	7.9	161
22	The Singer	7.7	163
23	Bitter Wine	7.6	151
24	Girl from Piccadilly	7.8	162
25	The O'Hare Story	7.8	162
26	Birds of a Feather	8.0	148
27	The Teacher	8.5	183
28	Killer's Widow	8.4	176
29	Gun Shy	7.9	168
30	The Prize Fight Story	7.6	136
31	Hey Boy's Revenge	8.3	167
32	The Five Books of Owen Deaver	8.0	160
33	The Silver Queen	7.9	164
34	Three Sons	8.1	152
35	The Return of Dr. Thackeray	8.1	160
36	Twenty-Four Hours at North Fork	8.1	158
37	Silver Convoy	7.5	142
38	Deliver the Body	7.9	141
39	The Statue of San Sebastian	7.6	149

Season 2 (1958)

7.80 avg 39 episodes 8.4 → 7.4 26 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Manhunter	8.4	171
2	In an Evil Time	8.5	180
3	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk	7.6	176
4	The Hanging of Roy Carter	8.3	164
5	Duel at Florence	7.6	140
6	The Protégé	8.5	175
7	The Road to Wickenburg	8.2	167
8	A Sense of Justice	7.9	141
9	Young Gun	7.6	149
10	The Lady	7.7	146
11	A Snare for Murder	7.7	145
12	The Ballad of Oscar Wilde	7.2	158
13	The Solid Gold Patrol	7.9	145
14	Something to Live For	7.6	140
15	The Moor's Revenge	7.6	163
16	The Wager	7.9	153
17	The Taffeta Mayor	7.8	142
18	Lady on the Stagecoach	8.5	195
19	Treasure Trail	7.8	135
20	Juliet	7.7	149
21	Hunt the Man Down	7.9	139
22	The Scorched Feather	7.8	147
23	The Return of the Lady	7.2	140
24	The Monster of Moon Ridge	8.0	144
25	The Long Hunt	7.4	132
26	Death of a Gunfighter	7.5	152
27	Incident at Borrasca Bend	7.3	138
28	Maggie O'Bannion	8.2	159
29	The Chase	8.1	134
30	Alaska	7.7	141
31	The Man Who Lost	7.9	150
32	Return of Roy Carter	7.8	151
33	Sons of Aaron Murdock	7.6	123
34	Comanche	7.8	141
35	Homecoming	7.8	123
36	The Fifth Man	7.9	121
37	Heritage of Anger	7.6	128
38	The Haunted Trees	7.4	125
39	Gold and Brimstone	7.4	117

Season 3 (1959)

7.62 avg 39 episodes 8.0 → 7.4 26 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	First, Catch a Tiger	8.0	165
2	Episode in Laredo	7.9	144
3	Les Girls	7.1	94
4	The Posse	8.5	138
5	Shot by Request	7.9	130
6	Pancho	7.3	124
7	Fragile	7.4	118
8	Unforgiven	8.2	118
9	The Black Handkerchief	7.7	111
10	The Golden Toad	7.9	116
11	Tiger	7.2	131
12	Champagne Safari	7.2	133
13	Charley Red Dog	7.9	139
14	The Naked Gun	7.8	129
15	One Came Back	7.9	124
16	The Prophet	7.1	128
17	The Day of the Bad Man	7.3	127
18	The Pledge	7.3	114
19	Jenny	7.7	113
20	Return to Fort Benjamin	7.6	120
21	The Night the Town Died	7.4	128
22	The Ledge	6.8	127
23	The Lady on the Wall	7.8	148
24	The Misguided Father	7.6	125
25	The Hatchet Man	8.0	120
26	Fight at Adobe Wells	8.1	123
27	The Gladiators	8.1	123
28	Love of a Bad Woman	8.0	121
29	An International Affair	7.3	126
30	Lady with a Gun	7.7	126
31	Never Help the Devil	7.9	110
32	Ambush	7.5	119
33	Black Sheep	7.4	119
34	Full Circle	7.6	108
35	The Twins	8.1	122
36	The Campaign of Billy Banjo	7.6	114
37	Ransom	7.1	92
38	The Trial	6.8	107
39	The Search	7.4	101

Season 4 (1960)

7.78 avg 38 episodes 7.9 → 7.7 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Fatalist	7.9	157
2	Love's Young Dream	7.9	175
3	A Head of Hair	8.1	148
4	Out at the Old Ball Park	6.9	133
5	Saturday Night	7.8	127
6	The Calf	7.7	121
7	The Tender Gun	7.7	122
8	The Shooting of Jessie May	8.2	158
9	The Poker Fiend	7.2	137
10	Crowbait	7.5	116
11	The Marshal's Boy	7.7	113
12	Fogg Bound	7.7	115
13	The Legacy	8.1	118
14	The Prisoner	8.0	109
15	The Puppeteer	7.6	127
16	The Sanctuary	7.9	116
17	A Quiet Night in Town: Part 1	8.3	161
18	A Quiet Night in Town: Part 2	8.3	147
19	The Princess and the Gunfighter	8.2	142
20	Shadow of a Man	7.9	100
21	Long Way Home	8.4	130
22	The Tax Gatherer	7.3	110
23	The Fatal Flaw	7.9	115
24	Fandango	7.8	113
25	The Last Judgment	8.1	113
26	The Gold Bar	7.7	105
27	Everyman	7.6	117
28	The Siege	7.8	111
29	Long Weekend	7.4	105
30	El Paso Stage	8.1	139
31	Duke of Texas	6.8	103
32	Broken Image	8.2	117
33	Brother's Keeper	8.0	115
34	Bearbait	7.8	111
35	The Cure	7.2	113
36	The Road	7.7	95
37	The Uneasy Grave	7.5	99
38	Soledad Crossing	7.7	111

Season 5 (1961)

7.71 avg 38 episodes 7.5 → 7.7 30 min avg

Rebound

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Vigil	7.5	110
2	The Education of Sara Jane	7.6	116
3	The Revenger	8.1	127
4	Odds for Big Red	7.9	119
5	A Proof of Love	7.8	132
6	The Gospel Singer	7.0	104
7	The Race	7.9	104
8	The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs	8.8	181
9	The Piano	7.3	111
10	Ben Jalisco	8.2	122
11	The Brothers	7.7	100
12	A Drop of Blood	7.3	119
13	A Knight to Remember	7.1	106
14	Blind Circle	7.8	104
15	The Kid	7.6	113
16	Squatter's Rights	7.8	102
17	Lazarus	7.8	104
18	Justice in Hell	8.4	111
19	The Mark of Cain	7.7	95
20	The Exiles	7.9	95
21	The Hunt	6.8	107
22	Dream Girl	7.1	119
23	One, Two, Three	7.5	104
24	The Waiting Room	8.5	120
25	The Trap	8.1	95
26	Don't Shoot the Piano Player	8.1	104
27	Alice	8.0	112
28	Man Who Struck Moonshine	7.8	111
29	Silent Death, Secret Death	7.7	90
30	Hobson's Choice	7.7	94
31	Coming of the Tiger	7.7	100
32	Darwin's Man	7.6	91
33	Invasion	7.6	84
34	Cream of the Jest	7.2	104
35	Bandit	7.6	97
36	Pandora's Box	7.5	104
37	Jonah and the Trout	7.5	97
38	The Knight	7.7	95

Season 6 (1962)

7.78 avg 32 episodes 8.5 → 7.8 31 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Genesis	8.5	236
2	Taylor's Woman	7.7	129
3	The Fifth Bullet	8.4	128
4	Place for Abel Hix	8.2	110
5	Beau Geste	8.2	113
6	The Bird of Time	7.7	93
7	Memories of Monica	8.1	114
8	The Predators	8.5	119
9	Shootout at Hogtooth	7.5	96
10	A Miracle for St. Francis	7.7	102
11	Marshal of Sweetwater	8.1	115
12	Man in an Hourglass	7.7	105
13	Penelope	7.2	104
14	Trial at Tablerock	8.3	110
15	Be Not Forgetful of Strangers	8.5	159
16	The Treasure	8.3	117
17	Brotherhood	8.0	109
18	Bob Wire	7.3	95
19	Debutante	8.0	115
20	Unforgiving Minute	7.3	97
21	American Primitive	8.0	102
22	The Burning Tree	7.7	102
23	Cage at McNaab	8.1	107
24	Caravan	7.1	103
25	The Walking Years	6.8	100
26	Sweet Lady of the Moon	8.1	102
27	The Savages	8.0	100
28	The Eve of St. Elmo	7.8	89
29	The Lady of the Fifth Moon	6.5	128
30	Two Plus One	7.3	99
31	The Black Bull	6.7	87
32	Face of a Shadow	7.8	111