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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
05.01.1960	dressed to kill	+ "Dressed To Kill". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, Camels, Doan's Pills, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin delivers a rail...
05.08.1960	pat murphy	+ "Pat Murphy". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Camels. Paladin sets out to take a doctor away from a bounty h...
05.15.1960	lina countrymen	+ "Lena Countryman". Lena Countryman, a schoolteacher, is going to be killed by Dutch Talbot because...
05.22.1960	the lucky penny mine	+ "Lucky Penny". Sponsored by: Camels. The Lucky Penny mine has suddenly started to produce gold aga...
05.29.1960	dusty and his uncle muncie	+ "Lucky Penny". The Lucky Penny mine has suddenly started to produce gold again...and Paladin smell...
06.05.1960	apache concerto	+ "Apache Concerto". Sponsored by: Camels, Pepsi Cola. Paladin is sent to return a harmonium salesma...
06.12.1960	search for wylie dawson	+ "Search For Wylie Dawson". Sponsored by: Camels, Doan's Pills, Fritos, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin tries t...
06.19.1960	too too solid town	+ "The Too, Too Solid Town". Sponsored by: French's Worcestershire Sauce, Guardian Maintenance Servi...
06.26.1960	doctor from vienna	+ "Doctor From Vienna". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Camels, Doan's Pills, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin has suspicio...
07.03.1960	dad blamed luck	+ "Dad-Blamed Luck". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, A. T. and T. Long Distance, Guardian Maintenance, Pepsi. ...
07.10.1960	five days to yuma	+ "Five Days to Yuma". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, A. T. and T. Long Distance, Doan's Pills, Pepsi Cola. P...
07.17.1960	little guns	+ "Little Guns". Sponsored by: No Doz, Guardian Maintenance Service, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin travels to ...
07.24.1960	delta queen	+ "Way For The Delta Queen". Sponsored by: Doan's Pills, Guardian Maintenance Service, Pepsi-Cola. P...
07.31.1960	my son must die	+ "My Son Must Die". Paladin and Hey Boy go fishing and catch a damsel in distress. See cat. #46779 ...
08.07.1960	viva	+ "Viva". Sponsored by: Doan's Pills, Guardian Maintenance Service, Pepsi-Cola. Part one of a two pa...
08.14.1960	extended viva	+ "Extended Viva". Sponsored by: No-Doz, Guardian Maintenance Service, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin and his I...
08.21.1960	bounty hunter aka the warrant	+ "The Warrant". Sponsored by: No-Doz, Doan's Pills, Guardian Maintenance Service, Pepsi-Cola. Palad...
08.28.1960	for the birds	+ "For The Birds". Paladin undertakes to deliver an exotic pair of pea-fowl across the entire countr...
09.04.1960	a new star eat crow	+ "Eat Crow". Sponsored by: No-Doz, Doan's Pills, Guardian Maintenance Service. Paladin helps Adam F...
09.11.1960	troublemakers	+ "Deadline". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax, Pepsi-Cola, Guardian Maintenance Service. Paladin becomes a rail...
09.18.1960	nellie watsons boy	+ "Nellie Watson's Boy". The son of Nellie Watson asks Paladin's help with his step-father, with who...
09.25.1960	bringing up ollie	+ "Bringing Up Ollie". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin visits Ollie and Cora in Colorado, ...
10.02.1960	talika the snoop	+ "Talika". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Doan's Pills. Paladin is asked to help Amos R. Leland Jr., an army...
10.09.1960	skeeter hickshaw and sam crow	+ "Sam Crow". The life of Sam Crow, avian companion of Skeeter Hickshaw, is threatened. See cat. #46...
10.16.1960	lola blackwood	+ "Hell Knows No Fury". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin's old friend Billy Boggs needs pro...

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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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