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"If the girl who's being held prisoner
has been harmed in any way, I'll flip a
coin to see which one of you I gun down first."

Have Gun Will Travel got it's start on television on September 1957 and ran until 1963. The radio show debuted November 1958, over a year after the television show. In the beginning, the radio show scripts were adapted from the TV show, staying in sync with the episode that aired on TV that week. Later on, the show started airing original scripts.

Stories revolved around gun-for-hire with principles, Paladin (his real name was never revealed). Though Paladin, played on the radio by John Dehner, preferred to try to work out problems without violence if possible, he worked for people who he felt were wronged and could pay. Occasionally, if he felt people who couldn't pay were in a really hard situation with bad guys, he worked for free. If, during the course of his work, he discovered his employer turned out to be shady, Paladin would turn on his employer.

Have Gun Will Travel was a Western Adventure radio show that started on ABC on November 1958, just a year after its television version aired. At first, the scripts for the radio show were derived from that of the television show, making the episodes in sync with one another. Later, though, the radio started making scripts on its own.

The story is about gun-for-hires, with the main character being Paladin played by John Denner. Despite the nature of the job, Paladin is in fact a principle man, as he prefer solving problems in a peaceful manner, if at all possible. He usually works for people who he believed were wronged. Although it is important that his client could pay, he also works for free for those who can’t pay.

The radio show was on-air until 1960, while the television show lasted until 1963.

For more great Western Adventure, see also Frontier Gentleman, Six Shooter, and Gunsmoke.

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Please enjoy these 106 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
11.08.1959	assignement in stones crossing	+ "Assignment In Stone's Crossing". Sponsored by: Winston, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Dristan. Paladin t...
11.15.1959	landfall	+ "Landfall". Sponsored by: Winston, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Columbia Phonographs, Dristan. Paladin t...
11.22.1959	fair fugitive	+ "Fair Fugitive". Sponsored by: Winston, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Dristan. Paladin agrees to transpor...
11.29.1959	bitter vengeance	+ "Bitter Vengeance". Sponsored by: Winston, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Columbia Phonographs, Dristan. P...
12.06.1959	mistaken identity	+ "Bitter Vengeance". Sponsored by: Winston, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Columbia Phonographs, Dristan. P...
12.13.1959	out of evil	+ "Out Of Evil". Sponsored by: Winston, Yardley, Dristan. Paladin has been hired by wealthy Mr. Tarp...
12.20.1959	ranch carnival	+ "Ranse Carnival". Sponsored by: Winston, Yardley, Dristan. Ranse Carnival has broken out of jail, ...
12.27.1959	about face	+ "About Face". Sponsored by: Winston. Hey Boy is about to be married to a girl in China...his fianc...
01.03.1960	return engagement	+ "Return Engagement". Sponsored by: Fitch Shampoo, Dristan, Winston. Paladin is hired to protect a ...
01.10.1960	the lonely one	+ "The Lonely One". Sponsored by: Camels, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Dristan. Court Newman, an old army ...
01.17.1960	french leave	+ "French Leave". Sponsored by: Camels, Ex-Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Dristan. A French policeman hires Pal...
01.24.1960	nataemhon	+ "Nataemon". Sponsored by: Camels, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Dristan. The search for Dr. Amos Bradbury...
01.31.1960	bad bert	+ "Bad Bert". Sponsored by: Camels, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Dristan, French's Worcester Sauce. The se...
02.07.1960	the boss	+ "The Boss". Sponsored by: Dristan, Camels, Fitch's Shampoo, Pepsi-Cola. A visit to Alder Bend, Col...
02.14.1960	bring him back alive	+ "Bring Him Back Alive". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Camels, Fitch Shampoo, Dristan, Doan's Pills. Paladi...
02.21.1960	that was no lady	+ "That Was No Lady". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Camels, Fitch Shampoo, Dristan, Pepsi Cola. Paladin trav...
02.28.1960	doll house in diamond spring	+ "The Dollhouse In Diamond Springs". Paladin is hired to get back the $20,000 taken during the Diam...
03.06.1960	somebody out there hates me	+ "Somebody Out There Hates Me". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Camels, Fitch Shampoo, Fritos, Pepsi-Cola. Te...
03.13.1960	montana vendetta	+ "Montana Vendetta". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Winston, Fitch's Shampoo, Fritos, Super 60 hearing Glass...
03.20.1960	caesars wife	+ "Caesar's Wife". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, Winston, Fitch Shampoo, Fritos, Pepsi-Cola. Jeremiah ("The ...
03.27.1960	they told me you were dead	+ "They Told Me You Were Dead". Ellen Stoneham, Paladin's love during the war, calls him to ask for ...
04.03.1960	shanghai is a verb	+ "Shanghai Is A Verb". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, Winston, Doan's Pills, Pepsi-Cola. Hey Boy has disappe...
04.10.1960	so true mr barnum	+ "So True, Mr. Barnum". Sponsored by: Winston, Doan's Pills. Hey Boy and the Celestial Dragon Socie...
04.17.1960	gun in the back marriage	+ "Prunella's Fella". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, Winston, Doan's Pills, Pepsi-Cola. Mr. Denton hires Pala...
04.24.1960	irish luck	+ "Irish Luck". Paladin makes friends with an Irishman named O'Bannon on St. Patrick's Day. Shortly ...

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"Have Gun Will Travel" seems to have all of it's two seasons existing.

Steve

I'm a huge fan of John Dehner. Great actor.

Ifbert

This CBS western starred John Dehner as Paladin, a soldier of fortune, western knight errant, gunfighter. This program began on TV (1957-1963) with Richard Boone as Paladin. It was broadcast on radio (1958-1960). I love radio, but for this series, I enjoyed the TV show much more. (check out our COMPLETE TV SERIES of this program on DVD in our OTV catalog)

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