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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3

Every episode of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 4 - The Posse
    8.5/10(139 votes)

    S3:E4

    Paladin stops to ask a stranger for directions and is invited to share his campsite. Later, when a posse arrives, the man announces that Paladin is the murderer they have been looking for.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  2. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 8 - The Unforgiven
    8.2/10(119 votes)

    S3:E8

    Retired and wealthy General Crommer is dying. He asks Padadin, who holds an old grudge against him, to do him a favor. He asks him to take a message of forgiveness to another man who hates Crommer. A favor which might get Paladin killed.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 26 - Fight at Adobe Wells
    8.1/10(124 votes)

    S3:E26

    Paladin is hired to escort Jonathan Guilder through Indian country.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 27 - The Gladiators
    8.1/10(125 votes)

    S3:E27

    Allison Windrom hires Paladin to stop her father and Graham Beckley from dueling.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  5. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 35 - The Twins
    8.1/10(122 votes)

    S3:E35

    Adam Mirakian is wanted for a murder he claims his twin brother Sam committed. He hires Paladin to find his brother and clear his name. The only person who can tell them apart is Adam's wife, Beth.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 25 - The Hatchet Man
    8.0/10(121 votes)

    S3:E25

    San Francisco hires Paladin to protect a Chinese detective.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  7. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 28 - Love of a Bad Woman
    8.0/10(122 votes)

    S3:E28

    Tamsen Sommers is advertising for a husband, which presents a problem since she already has one. The husband hires Paladin to protect him from the men competing for the right to marry her.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Robert Dozier

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  8. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 1 - First, Catch a Tiger
    7.9/10(168 votes)

    S3:E1

    Two of the three men who brought in and helped to hang an outlaw have been killed by an assassin. The third man, Paladin, is staying at a hotel where one of the guests is the killer.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode in Laredo
    7.9/10(155 votes)

    S3:E2

    Kovak is reserving the entire hotel in Laredo, Texas for Sam Tuttle, a famous unbeatable gunfighter. After Paladin is forced to kill Kovak, Tuttle must challenge Paladin in order to keep his reputation in tact.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  10. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 5 - Shot by Request
    7.9/10(133 votes)

    S3:E5

    Ainslee is a well-dressed, middle-aged gentleman and a reluctant gunfighter. He hires Paladin for a very strange task.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 10 - The Golden Toad
    7.9/10(117 votes)

    S3:E10

    Paladin is drawn into a dispute between a male farmer and a female cattle rancher, with a fortune in buried treasure at stake.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  12. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 13 - Charley Red Dog
    7.9/10(140 votes)

    S3:E13

    The town of Santa Maria, New Mexico is in need of a new town marshal, and one man, Charley Red Dog, is out to get the job. However, he may not survive unless Paladin lends a hand.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  13. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 15 - One Came Back
    7.9/10(125 votes)

    S3:E15

    When his five-year prison term for crimes committed during the Civil War is up, Ben Harvey is eager to return to his hometown of Gila. Harvey hires Paladin to keep him protected on the way to Gila.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Bruce Geller

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  14. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 31 - Never Help the Devil
    7.9/10(111 votes)

    S3:E31

    Doggie Kramer wins a gunfight, as the whole town he had been bullying watches, but ends up wounded. He needs Paladin to help him get out of town before the townspeople take their revenge.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 14 - The Naked Gun
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    S3:E14

    While in Oregon, Paladin makes a new friend, Monk, who he helps get out of a group of unruly herders.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 23 - The Lady on the Wall
    7.8/10(149 votes)

    S3:E23

    Paladin is accused of stealing a painting in the small town of Bonanza.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writers:Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson

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  17. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 9 - The Black Handkerchief
    7.7/10(112 votes)

    S3:E9

    A young man convicted of murder is scheduled for execution, and Paladin attempts to intervene before it's too late.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 19 - Jenny
    7.7/10(114 votes)

    S3:E19

    Jenny Lake goes to Paladin for help to ward off Wilson, a suitor who is pursuing her. But when Jenny disappears, Paladin must follow a trail to find her.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 30 - Lady with a Gun
    7.7/10(127 votes)

    S3:E30

    After she attempts to shoot Rudy Rossback and fails, Eve McIntosh offers Paladin $1,000 to kill him. After Paladin turns her down she hires another gunman.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 20 - Return to Fort Benjamin
    7.6/10(121 votes)

    S3:E20

    Paladin is hired to help an Indian chief whose son is awaiting execution by the U.S. Army. The chief wants Paladin to bring his body back following the execution to ensure he has a proper burial. However, once Paladin makes contact with the chief's son, he begins to wonder if he's actually guilty.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 24 - The Misguided Father
    7.6/10(126 votes)

    S3:E24

    An old friend of Paladin is shot and killed in Paladin's hotel room. After returning the body for burial, Paladin sets out to find the killer.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 34 - Full Circle
    7.6/10(109 votes)

    S3:E34

    A man who left Paladin to die in his place writes to Paladin and asks for his help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 36 - The Campaign of Billy Banjo
    7.6/10(114 votes)

    S3:E36

    Billy Banjo, a friend of Paladin, asks Paladin to help with a fair election.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Richard Baer

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  24. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 32 - Ambush
    7.5/10(119 votes)

    S3:E32

    Paladin is taking Blandings back to stand trial and stops at a ferry crossing. They are captured and held along with three others. Someone is coming and they are being held until he arrives. Each thinks it's their worst enemy coming to kill them and all they can do is wait.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 7 - Fragile
    7.4/10(119 votes)

    S3:E7

    Paladin is hired by the owner of ""The Frenchman's"" restaurant to take a plate glass window to the town of Panamint, a wild gold-mining town.

    Directors:Andrew V. McLaglen, Frank Pierson
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Posse" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 139 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Gene Roddenberry, it aired on 10/3/1959. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Unforgiven".