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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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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
03.13.1960	montana vendetta	+ "Montana Vendetta". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Winston, Fitch's Shampoo, Fritos, Super 60 hearing Glass...
12.06.1959	mistaken identity	+ "Bitter Vengeance". Sponsored by: Winston, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Columbia Phonographs, Dristan. P...
02.01.1959	matter of ethics	+ "A Matter Of Ethics". A killer hires Paladin to keep himself from being lynched until he can stand...
11.20.1960	martha neil	+ "Martha Nell". Sponsored by: Commanders, Sylvania Flash Bulbs. Paladin travels to Greenwood to sol...
04.05.1959	maggie obannon	+ "Maggie O'Bannion". Paladin is made into a servant on the O'Bannion ranch while awaiting for the c...
08.30.1959	love birds	+ "Love-Bird". Sponsored by: Columbia Phonographs, Winston, Casite. Holly Bannon, a thoroughly rotte...
10.16.1960	lola blackwood	+ "Hell Knows No Fury". Sponsored by: Ex Lax, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin's old friend Billy Boggs needs pro...
07.17.1960	little guns	+ "Little Guns". Sponsored by: No Doz, Guardian Maintenance Service, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin travels to ...
05.15.1960	lina countrymen	+ "Lena Countryman". Lena Countryman, a schoolteacher, is going to be killed by Dutch Talbot because...
09.27.1959	like father	+ "Like Father". Sponsored by: Winston. Klell Thomas has been accused of murder in Yreka. Paladin is...
11.15.1959	landfall	+ "Landfall". Sponsored by: Winston, Ex Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Columbia Phonographs, Dristan. Paladin t...
02.08.1959	killers widow	+ "Killer's Widow". Sponsored by: Fitch Shampoo, Lysol, Rambler Ambassador. The loot from a bank rob...
04.24.1960	irish luck	+ "Irish Luck". Paladin makes friends with an Irishman named O'Bannon on St. Patrick's Day. Shortly ...
05.24.1959	in an evil time	+ "In An Evil Time". Sponsored by: Longines Watches, Mutual Of Omaha, Pepsi-Cola. Paladin is hired t...
06.28.1959	homecoming	+ "Homecoming". Ed Stacey, a man wrongly jailed for two years, returns home and is pushed a bit too ...
08.02.1959	high wire	+ "High Wire". Paladin goes to Salamander Springs to persuade a girl to leave her acrobatic boyfrien...
03.01.1959	heyboys revenge	+ "Hey Boy's Revenge". Sponsored by: Fitch Shampoo, Lysol, McCall's Magazine. Hey Boy has left the h...
01.04.1959	helen of abajinian	+ "Helen Of Abajinian". Sponsored by: Fitch Shampoo. An Irish cowboy and an Armenian girl are to be ...
12.21.1958	hanging cross	+ "The Hanging Cross". Sponsored by: Kent. Paladin tries to prevent a battle between Matt Beecher an...
05.03.1959	gun shy	+ Sponsored by: Longines Watches, Pepsi-Cola, McCall's Magazine. Sing Wo's chess set has been stolen...
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...
01.17.1960	french leave	+ "French Leave". Sponsored by: Camels, Ex-Lax, Fitch Shampoo, Dristan. A French policeman hires Pal...
08.28.1960	for the birds	+ "For The Birds". Paladin undertakes to deliver an exotic pair of pea-fowl across the entire countr...
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...
03.22.1959	five books of owen deaver	+ "The Five Books Of Owen Deaver". Sponsored by: Fitch Shampoo, Pepsi-Cola, Fram Filters, Rambler. O...

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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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