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 (3,846 votes)
Seasons: 6
Streaming (US): Philo
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 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	305
2	The Outlaw	8.5	291
3	The Great Mojave Chase	8.0	221
4	Winchester Quarantine	7.9	209
5	A Matter of Ethics	8.0	215
6	The Bride	7.8	215
7	Strange Vendetta	7.7	194
8	High Wire	8.2	210
9	Show of Force	7.7	164
10	The Long Night	8.2	199
11	The Colonel and the Lady	7.7	198
12	No Visitors	8.0	203
13	The Englishman	7.5	170
14	The Yuma Treasure	7.8	168
15	The Hanging Cross	7.6	137
16	Helen of Abajinian	7.9	182
17	Ella West	7.2	175
18	The Reasonable Man	7.9	168
19	The High Graders	7.8	161
20	The Last Laugh	7.7	163
21	The Bostonian	7.9	157
22	The Singer	7.7	160
23	Bitter Wine	7.6	148
24	Girl from Piccadilly	7.7	159
25	The O'Hare Story	7.9	160
26	Birds of a Feather	7.9	145
27	The Teacher	8.5	179
28	Killer's Widow	8.4	173
29	Gun Shy	7.9	165
30	The Prize Fight Story	7.6	134
31	Hey Boy's Revenge	8.3	164
32	The Five Books of Owen Deaver	8.0	157
33	The Silver Queen	7.9	162
34	Three Sons	8.1	149
35	The Return of Dr. Thackeray	8.1	156
36	Twenty-Four Hours at North Fork	8.1	155
37	Silver Convoy	7.4	140
38	Deliver the Body	7.8	140
39	The Statue of San Sebastian	7.5	146

Season 2 (1958)

7.78 avg 39 episodes 8.3 → 7.3 26 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Manhunter	8.3	168
2	In an Evil Time	8.5	175
3	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk	7.6	172
4	The Hanging of Roy Carter	8.4	159
5	Duel at Florence	7.5	135
6	The Protégé	8.4	169
7	The Road to Wickenburg	8.2	161
8	A Sense of Justice	7.8	135
9	Young Gun	7.5	143
10	The Lady	7.6	138
11	A Snare for Murder	7.6	138
12	The Ballad of Oscar Wilde	7.1	150
13	The Solid Gold Patrol	7.9	137
14	Something to Live For	7.5	134
15	The Moor's Revenge	7.6	158
16	The Wager	7.9	148
17	The Taffeta Mayor	7.8	136
18	Lady on the Stagecoach	8.5	189
19	Treasure Trail	7.9	128
20	Juliet	7.7	142
21	Hunt the Man Down	7.9	133
22	The Scorched Feather	7.7	141
23	The Return of the Lady	7.2	133
24	The Monster of Moon Ridge	8.0	138
25	The Long Hunt	7.4	126
26	Death of a Gunfighter	7.5	146
27	Incident at Borrasca Bend	7.3	127
28	Maggie O'Bannion	8.2	148
29	The Chase	8.0	125
30	Alaska	7.7	131
31	The Man Who Lost	7.9	142
32	Return of Roy Carter	7.8	141
33	Sons of Aaron Murdock	7.6	114
34	Comanche	7.7	132
35	Homecoming	7.8	117
36	The Fifth Man	7.9	114
37	Heritage of Anger	7.7	118
38	The Haunted Trees	7.5	116
39	Gold and Brimstone	7.3	107

Season 3 (1959)

7.62 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	161
2	Episode in Laredo	7.9	141
3	Les Girls	7.0	91
4	The Posse	8.5	134
5	Shot by Request	7.9	127
6	Pancho	7.4	122
7	Fragile	7.4	116
8	Unforgiven	8.2	115
9	The Black Handkerchief	7.7	108
10	The Golden Toad	7.9	113
11	Tiger	7.2	128
12	Champagne Safari	7.2	130
13	Charley Red Dog	7.9	136
14	The Naked Gun	7.8	126
15	One Came Back	7.9	121
16	The Prophet	7.1	124
17	The Day of the Bad Man	7.3	123
18	The Pledge	7.3	111
19	Jenny	7.7	109
20	Return to Fort Benjamin	7.6	116
21	The Night the Town Died	7.6	124
22	The Ledge	6.8	124
23	The Lady on the Wall	7.8	143
24	The Misguided Father	7.6	121
25	The Hatchet Man	8.0	116
26	Fight at Adobe Wells	8.1	119
27	The Gladiators	8.1	119
28	Love of a Bad Woman	8.0	117
29	An International Affair	7.3	120
30	Lady with a Gun	7.7	122
31	Never Help the Devil	7.9	106
32	Ambush	7.5	114
33	Black Sheep	7.4	115
34	Full Circle	7.6	103
35	The Twins	8.1	118
36	The Campaign of Billy Banjo	7.6	110
37	Ransom	7.1	88
38	The Trial	6.8	103
39	The Search	7.4	97

Season 4 (1960)

7.82 avg 38 episodes 7.9 → 7.7 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Fatalist	7.9	150
2	Love's Young Dream	7.9	167
3	A Head of Hair	8.1	141
4	Out at the Old Ball Park	7.0	126
5	Saturday Night	8.1	120
6	The Calf	7.8	113
7	The Tender Gun	7.8	115
8	The Shooting of Jessie May	8.3	150
9	The Poker Fiend	7.2	130
10	Crowbait	7.6	110
11	The Marshal's Boy	7.8	107
12	Fogg Bound	7.7	107
13	The Legacy	8.1	112
14	The Prisoner	8.0	103
15	The Puppeteer	7.8	122
16	The Sanctuary	7.9	110
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	93
21	Long Way Home	8.6	122
22	The Tax Gatherer	7.3	105
23	The Fatal Flaw	8.0	109
24	Fandango	7.9	107
25	The Last Judgment	8.1	105
26	The Gold Bar	7.8	99
27	Everyman	7.6	108
28	The Siege	7.8	103
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	110
34	Bearbait	7.7	104
35	The Cure	7.2	108
36	The Road	7.7	89
37	The Uneasy Grave	7.5	92
38	Soledad Crossing	7.7	106

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	104
2	The Education of Sara Jane	7.6	110
3	The Revenger	8.1	120
4	Odds for Big Red	7.9	112
5	A Proof of Love	7.8	127
6	The Gospel Singer	7.0	97
7	The Race	7.9	98
8	The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs	8.8	172
9	The Piano	7.4	103
10	Ben Jalisco	8.2	115
11	The Brothers	7.7	94
12	A Drop of Blood	7.4	112
13	A Knight to Remember	7.2	98
14	Blind Circle	7.8	94
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	7.8	91
20	The Exiles	7.9	91
21	The Hunt	6.8	102
22	Dream Girl	7.0	114
23	One, Two, Three	7.4	96
24	The Waiting Room	8.5	114
25	The Trap	8.1	89
26	Don't Shoot the Piano Player	8.2	99
27	Alice	8.0	106
28	Man Who Struck Moonshine	7.7	102
29	Silent Death, Secret Death	7.7	83
30	Hobson's Choice	7.7	87
31	Coming of the Tiger	7.7	94
32	Darwin's Man	7.6	86
33	Invasion	7.5	78
34	Cream of the Jest	7.2	95
35	Bandit	7.7	90
36	Pandora's Box	7.5	99
37	Jonah and the Trout	7.5	90
38	The Knight	7.7	87

Season 6 (1962)

7.81 avg 32 episodes 8.5 → 7.9 31 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Genesis	8.5	227
2	Taylor's Woman	8.0	120
3	The Fifth Bullet	8.5	121
4	Place for Abel Hix	8.2	104
5	Beau Geste	8.2	107
6	The Bird of Time	7.7	91
7	Memories of Monica	8.2	111
8	The Predators	8.5	115
9	Shootout at Hogtooth	7.5	94
10	A Miracle for St. Francis	7.8	100
11	Marshal of Sweetwater	8.1	112
12	Man in an Hourglass	7.7	103
13	Penelope	7.2	100
14	Trial at Tablerock	8.3	107
15	Be Not Forgetful of Strangers	8.4	156
16	The Treasure	8.3	113
17	Brotherhood	7.9	105
18	Bob Wire	7.4	92
19	Debutante	8.0	113
20	Unforgiving Minute	7.3	94
21	American Primitive	8.0	98
22	The Burning Tree	7.7	96
23	Cage at McNaab	8.1	103
24	Caravan	7.1	100
25	The Walking Years	6.8	97
26	Sweet Lady of the Moon	8.1	99
27	The Savages	8.0	95
28	The Eve of St. Elmo	7.8	86
29	The Lady of the Fifth Moon	6.5	126
30	Two Plus One	7.4	96
31	The Black Bull	6.8	83
32	Face of a Shadow	7.9	108

Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)

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