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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1

Every episode of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 2 - The Outlaw
    8.5/10(304 votes)

    S1:E2

    Manfred Holt breaks out of jail, killing two deputies. Is he on his way to kill the banker who testified against him, or to see his family for the last time? The banker hires Paladin.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  2. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 27 - The Teacher
    8.5/10(184 votes)

    S1:E27

    Paladin defends a schoolmistress who's being theatened for teaching about war crimes that took place during the Civil War.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  3. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 28 - Killer's Widow
    8.4/10(177 votes)

    S1:E28

    After having killed a bank robber, Paladin is accused of having taken the stolen money. He visits the dead man's widow and tries to make amends.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 31 - Hey Boy's Revenge
    8.3/10(168 votes)

    S1:E31

    When Hey Boy's brother is killed for protesting the working conditions on a Chinese railroad gang in Utah, Paladin must get the boy out of jail and bring the killer to justice.

    Director:Lewis Milestone
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 8 - High Wire
    8.2/10(219 votes)

    S1:E8

    A hobo who was once a circus performer bets a gambler that he can walk across the saloon on a tightrope. When Paladin sees that the gambler intends to cheat, he decides to help even the odds.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  6. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 10 - The Long Night
    8.2/10(206 votes)

    S1:E10

    A wealthy cattleman holds Paladin and two other men hostage. They will all die at dawn unless one of them admits to the murder of the rancher's wife.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  7. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 34 - Three Sons
    8.1/10(153 votes)

    S1:E34

    Newlyweds with no place to stay end up in Paladin's suite. He learns that the groom's half-brothers are threatening to kill their father. Paladin goes to warn the father.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 35 - The Return of Dr. Thackeray
    8.1/10(161 votes)

    S1:E35

    Dr. Phyllis Thackeray diagnoses the cook at the Barton Ranch with smallpox. All the cowhands may be infected and need to be vaccinated. Dr. Thackeray sends for the one man she thinks can help.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  9. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 36 - 24 Hours at North Fork
    8.1/10(160 votes)

    S1:E36

    When a blight kills all the crops except for one farmer's, Paladin must protect him from a greedy storekeeper who wants his farm and his hired gun who has a personal grudge against Paladin.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 3 - The Great Mojave Chase
    8.0/10(232 votes)

    S1:E3

    A sportsman sponsors a contest, betting that no one can elude his posse in the Mojave Desert. When Paladin shows up riding a camel, the man decides that the only way he can still win is to get rid of Paladin.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  11. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 5 - A Matter of Ethics
    8.0/10(223 votes)

    S1:E5

    An accused murderer who fears that he will be lynched before he can be returned to Bender, Wyoming, for trial, hires Paladin to make sure he gets there alive.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  12. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 12 - No Visitors
    8.0/10(213 votes)

    S1:E12

    When Paladin finds a woman and her apparently typhoid-afflicted child abandoned by a wagonmaster, he enlists the aid of a female doctor from a nearby town, but a religious fanatic then tries to bar them from entry.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  13. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 18 - The Reasonable Man
    8.0/10(175 votes)

    S1:E18

    A rancher having a dispute with his foster son hires Paladin to keep one of them from killing the other in a duel.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Joel Kane

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  14. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 26 - Birds of a Feather
    8.0/10(149 votes)

    S1:E26

    Paladin must contend with other gunfighters as he tries to settle a right-of-way dispute between two railroads in a Colorado town that will die if they go elsewhere.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 32 - The Five Books of Owen Deaver
    8.0/10(162 votes)

    S1:E32

    Paladin comes to the aid of a young sheriff from the East whose attempts to keep law and order are particularly unsuitable for a cowboy town in Wyoming.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  16. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 33 - The Silver Queen
    8.0/10(166 votes)

    S1:E33

    Lonely Leadhead Kane dies and leaves his half of a mine to an actress. Kane's partner wants to challenge the will. Someone wants to make sure Paladin never gets the woman to the courtroom.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 4 - Winchester Quarantine
    7.9/10(220 votes)

    S1:E4

    At a stagecoach stop, Paladin sees a peaceful Cherokee rancher being beaten by white men who think his cattle are spreading a sickness. Paladin offers his help.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Herb Meadow

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  18. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 16 - Helen of Abajinian
    7.9/10(189 votes)

    S1:E16

    An Armenian winemaker hires Paladin to find his runaway daughter and break up her ill-considered romance with a cowhand.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  19. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 21 - The Bostonian
    7.9/10(163 votes)

    S1:E21

    Paladin protects a new landowner from Boston, who is having an escalating feud with an established cattle rancher.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 29 - Gun Shy
    7.9/10(169 votes)

    S1:E29

    Trying to locate the thieves who stole a jade chess set, Paladin ends up in a small Montana town where he becomes involved in a romance with a landlady's daughter.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 38 - Deliver the Body
    7.9/10(142 votes)

    S1:E38

    Paladin is hired to bring in the killer of the sheriff in a Nevada town. He brings him in but has some doubts about his guilt and decides to hang around for the trial.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Buckley Angell

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  22. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 6 - The Bride
    7.8/10(225 votes)

    S1:E6

    When a mail-order bride from Philadelphia gets off the stagecoach in the middle of nowhere, Paladin decides to stay with her to make sure that she is safe.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 14 - The Yuma Treasure
    7.8/10(175 votes)

    S1:E14

    Accompanying a cavalry major on a mission to prevent a war by negotiating a treaty with an elusive Apache chief, Paladin must deal with soldiers who have caught gold fever.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  24. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 19 - The High-Graders
    7.8/10(165 votes)

    S1:E19

    When his tailor is killed in an accident at a supposedly worthless gold mine, Paladin discovers that the man was murdered and his heirs are being swindled.

    Directors:Andrew V. McLaglen, Jack Laird
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  25. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 24 - Girl from Piccadilly
    7.8/10(163 votes)

    S1:E24

    Learning of his son's death, a rich man hires Paladin to locate the daughter-in-law he's never met, but Paladin finds two women both claiming to be her.

    Director:Lewis Milestone
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Outlaw" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 304 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Sam Rolfe, it aired on 9/21/1957. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Teacher".