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 (3,883 votes)
Seasons: 6
Streaming (US): Philo
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Richard Boone Paladin

Seasons

Season 1 (1957)

7.87 avg 39 episodes 7.4 → 7.5 26 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Three Bells to Perdido	7.4	315
2	The Outlaw	8.5	296
3	The Great Mojave Chase	8.0	226
4	Winchester Quarantine	7.9	214
5	A Matter of Ethics	8.0	219
6	The Bride	7.8	221
7	Strange Vendetta	7.7	197
8	High Wire	8.2	213
9	Show of Force	7.7	168
10	The Long Night	8.2	203
11	The Colonel and the Lady	7.8	203
12	No Visitors	8.0	206
13	The Englishman	7.5	172
14	The Yuma Treasure	7.9	171
15	The Hanging Cross	7.6	138
16	Helen of Abajinian	7.9	186
17	Ella West	7.2	177
18	The Reasonable Man	7.9	170
19	The High Graders	7.8	163
20	The Last Laugh	7.7	165
21	The Bostonian	7.9	160
22	The Singer	7.7	163
23	Bitter Wine	7.6	151
24	Girl from Piccadilly	7.8	162
25	The O'Hare Story	7.9	162
26	Birds of a Feather	7.9	148
27	The Teacher	8.5	181
28	Killer's Widow	8.4	175
29	Gun Shy	7.9	166
30	The Prize Fight Story	7.6	135
31	Hey Boy's Revenge	8.3	165
32	The Five Books of Owen Deaver	8.0	158
33	The Silver Queen	7.9	163
34	Three Sons	8.1	151
35	The Return of Dr. Thackeray	8.1	157
36	Twenty-Four Hours at North Fork	8.0	157
37	Silver Convoy	7.4	141
38	Deliver the Body	7.8	141
39	The Statue of San Sebastian	7.5	148

Season 2 (1958)

7.77 avg 39 episodes 8.3 → 7.3 26 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Manhunter	8.3	170
2	In an Evil Time	8.5	178
3	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk	7.6	174
4	The Hanging of Roy Carter	8.3	162
5	Duel at Florence	7.5	139
6	The Protégé	8.5	173
7	The Road to Wickenburg	8.1	164
8	A Sense of Justice	7.8	138
9	Young Gun	7.5	146
10	The Lady	7.6	143
11	A Snare for Murder	7.6	142
12	The Ballad of Oscar Wilde	7.1	155
13	The Solid Gold Patrol	7.9	141
14	Something to Live For	7.5	137
15	The Moor's Revenge	7.5	161
16	The Wager	7.9	150
17	The Taffeta Mayor	7.8	139
18	Lady on the Stagecoach	8.5	192
19	Treasure Trail	7.9	131
20	Juliet	7.7	145
21	Hunt the Man Down	7.9	136
22	The Scorched Feather	7.7	144
23	The Return of the Lady	7.2	137
24	The Monster of Moon Ridge	8.0	141
25	The Long Hunt	7.4	129
26	Death of a Gunfighter	7.5	149
27	Incident at Borrasca Bend	7.3	136
28	Maggie O'Bannion	8.2	155
29	The Chase	8.0	131
30	Alaska	7.7	138
31	The Man Who Lost	7.9	147
32	Return of Roy Carter	7.8	148
33	Sons of Aaron Murdock	7.6	121
34	Comanche	7.7	134
35	Homecoming	7.8	119
36	The Fifth Man	7.9	117
37	Heritage of Anger	7.7	121
38	The Haunted Trees	7.5	119
39	Gold and Brimstone	7.3	110

Season 3 (1959)

7.61 avg 39 episodes 7.9 → 7.4 26 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	First, Catch a Tiger	7.9	164
2	Episode in Laredo	7.9	143
3	Les Girls	7.1	94
4	The Posse	8.5	137
5	Shot by Request	7.9	129
6	Pancho	7.3	124
7	Fragile	7.4	118
8	Unforgiven	8.2	117
9	The Black Handkerchief	7.7	110
10	The Golden Toad	7.9	115
11	Tiger	7.2	130
12	Champagne Safari	7.2	132
13	Charley Red Dog	7.9	138
14	The Naked Gun	7.8	128
15	One Came Back	7.9	123
16	The Prophet	7.1	127
17	The Day of the Bad Man	7.3	126
18	The Pledge	7.3	114
19	Jenny	7.7	112
20	Return to Fort Benjamin	7.5	119
21	The Night the Town Died	7.4	127
22	The Ledge	6.8	127
23	The Lady on the Wall	7.8	146
24	The Misguided Father	7.6	124
25	The Hatchet Man	8.0	119
26	Fight at Adobe Wells	8.1	122
27	The Gladiators	8.1	121
28	Love of a Bad Woman	8.0	119
29	An International Affair	7.3	123
30	Lady with a Gun	7.7	124
31	Never Help the Devil	7.9	108
32	Ambush	7.5	116
33	Black Sheep	7.4	117
34	Full Circle	7.6	105
35	The Twins	8.1	120
36	The Campaign of Billy Banjo	7.6	112
37	Ransom	7.1	90
38	The Trial	6.8	105
39	The Search	7.4	99

Season 4 (1960)

7.81 avg 38 episodes 7.9 → 7.7 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Fatalist	7.9	155
2	Love's Young Dream	7.9	172
3	A Head of Hair	8.1	143
4	Out at the Old Ball Park	7.0	128
5	Saturday Night	8.1	121
6	The Calf	7.8	115
7	The Tender Gun	7.7	117
8	The Shooting of Jessie May	8.3	155
9	The Poker Fiend	7.2	134
10	Crowbait	7.5	113
11	The Marshal's Boy	7.8	110
12	Fogg Bound	7.7	112
13	The Legacy	8.1	115
14	The Prisoner	8.0	104
15	The Puppeteer	7.8	123
16	The Sanctuary	7.9	111
17	A Quiet Night in Town: Part 1	8.3	155
18	A Quiet Night in Town: Part 2	8.3	141
19	The Princess and the Gunfighter	8.2	135
20	Shadow of a Man	7.9	95
21	Long Way Home	8.4	124
22	The Tax Gatherer	7.3	105
23	The Fatal Flaw	8.0	109
24	Fandango	7.9	108
25	The Last Judgment	8.1	107
26	The Gold Bar	7.8	101
27	Everyman	7.5	111
28	The Siege	7.8	105
29	Long Weekend	7.4	96
30	El Paso Stage	8.1	132
31	Duke of Texas	6.9	96
32	Broken Image	8.3	111
33	Brother's Keeper	8.0	111
34	Bearbait	7.8	107
35	The Cure	7.2	108
36	The Road	7.7	89
37	The Uneasy Grave	7.5	94
38	Soledad Crossing	7.7	106

Season 5 (1961)

7.72 avg 38 episodes 7.5 → 7.8 30 min avg

Rebound

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Vigil	7.5	104
2	The Education of Sara Jane	7.6	110
3	The Revenger	8.1	122
4	Odds for Big Red	7.9	114
5	A Proof of Love	7.8	128
6	The Gospel Singer	7.0	98
7	The Race	7.9	99
8	The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs	8.8	177
9	The Piano	7.3	106
10	Ben Jalisco	8.2	117
11	The Brothers	7.7	95
12	A Drop of Blood	7.3	115
13	A Knight to Remember	7.2	98
14	Blind Circle	7.8	96
15	The Kid	7.6	104
16	Squatter's Rights	7.8	95
17	Lazarus	7.8	99
18	Justice in Hell	8.4	108
19	The Mark of Cain	7.7	92
20	The Exiles	7.9	92
21	The Hunt	6.8	104
22	Dream Girl	7.1	116
23	One, Two, Three	7.5	100
24	The Waiting Room	8.5	117
25	The Trap	8.1	91
26	Don't Shoot the Piano Player	8.2	101
27	Alice	8.0	109
28	Man Who Struck Moonshine	7.8	108
29	Silent Death, Secret Death	7.7	86
30	Hobson's Choice	7.7	92
31	Coming of the Tiger	7.7	98
32	Darwin's Man	7.6	89
33	Invasion	7.6	82
34	Cream of the Jest	7.2	102
35	Bandit	7.7	94
36	Pandora's Box	7.5	101
37	Jonah and the Trout	7.5	93
38	The Knight	7.8	91

Season 6 (1962)

7.79 avg 32 episodes 8.5 → 7.9 31 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Genesis	8.5	234
2	Taylor's Woman	7.7	128
3	The Fifth Bullet	8.4	127
4	Place for Abel Hix	8.2	108
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	96
21	American Primitive	8.0	101
22	The Burning Tree	7.7	101
23	Cage at McNaab	8.1	106
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	99
28	The Eve of St. Elmo	7.8	89
29	The Lady of the Fifth Moon	6.5	127
30	Two Plus One	7.3	98
31	The Black Bull	6.7	86
32	Face of a Shadow	7.9	110