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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5

Every episode of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 8 - The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs
    8.8/10(182 votes)

    S5:E8

    Singer Odetta plays Sarah Gibbs, who is barred by a marshal from visiting her condemned husband.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 18 - Justice in Hell
    8.4/10(113 votes)

    S5:E18

    Paladin goes after a wagon-master who led the massacre of his own wagon train. Rusty Doggett hides out in a town entirely populated by wanted outlaws.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 24 - The Waiting Room
    8.3/10(124 votes)

    S5:E24

    After a 4 state murder spree, the Wilder Brothers head back to Texas for trial, under Paladin's gun.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 10 - Ben Jalisco
    8.2/10(122 votes)

    S5:E10

    Escaped killer, Ben Jalisco, is a ruthless hunter who has murdered more than 30 men. Now he is after his wife, Lucy, who informed on him and Paladin, who brought him in.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 25 - The Trap
    8.1/10(98 votes)

    S5:E25

    A lawman for 23 years, Jim Buell has always done what he believed was right. Taking in Davy Walsh for shooting at his jail while drunk seemed just that.

    Director:Frank Pierson
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 26 - Don't Shoot the Piano Player
    8.1/10(106 votes)

    S5:E26

    With no help from local law enforcement, a writer hires Paladin to find her fiancé; in the roughest gutter on the Barbary coast.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 3 - The Revenger
    8.0/10(129 votes)

    S5:E3

    Paladin takes a $500 stagecoach ride with an embezzler, a convicted cutthroat, and a murderer to collect the other half of that bill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 27 - Alice
    8.0/10(114 votes)

    S5:E27

    A daughter hires Paladin to help her look for an old friend of his - her mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 4 - Odds for Big Red
    7.9/10(121 votes)

    S5:E4

    Paladin trails a killer and bank robber to a saloon but while trying to capture him, the saloon's owner, Big Red, is shot.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 7 - The Race
    7.9/10(104 votes)

    S5:E7

    Paladin is offered $1000 to win a horse race called a mule kalanta. When he arrives he finds out what the bet is, and he decides to make a change.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 5 - A Proof of Love
    7.8/10(134 votes)

    S5:E5

    Paladin urges a momma's boy farmer to win back his wayward mail-order bride, by besting party-animal neighbor Rud Saxon in a dance contest.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 14 - Blind Circle
    7.8/10(104 votes)

    S5:E14

    Two years ago, the Cattleman's Association put a bounty of $500 on a rustler who was never caught. Now they don't want him pursued but a bounty hunter doesn't know or maybe he doesn't care.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 16 - Squatter's Rights
    7.8/10(103 votes)

    S5:E16

    Costigan is a land owner and cattleman. He was shot by Clemenceau, a squatter on his land. Paladin has offered to help him get rid of the squatter but doesn't approve of his methods.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 17 - Lazarus
    7.8/10(106 votes)

    S5:E17

    After local boozing champ Big Fontana cheats Paladin in a drink-off, sickly Boise Peabody convinced he'll die by morning, challenges the sneaky fast draw to a shootout.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 19 - Mark of Cain
    7.8/10(98 votes)

    S5:E19

    Dr. Avatar hires Paladin to guide him to Jack Trueblood, a notorious western badman who has killed many men. Avatar wants to measure Trueblood's head to confirm his research on cranial measurements.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  16. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 20 - The Exiles
    7.8/10(98 votes)

    S5:E20

    General Ortega hires Paladin to recover $16 million in French bonds. Where they are and who has them is already known.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 28 - The Man Who Struck Moonshine
    7.8/10(115 votes)

    S5:E28

    Moses Kadish is an alcoholic. He moves to middle of nowhere to try to stop drinking and drills a well. The well produces whiskey instead of water.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 11 - The Brothers
    7.7/10(101 votes)

    S5:E11

    Will prospector Possum Corbin rescue Paladin from dying in a desert, if Paladin reads the encyclopedia to him?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 30 - Hobson's Choice
    7.7/10(95 votes)

    S5:E30

    Alfred Nobel, staying at the Carlton, enlists the aid of resident Paladin to recover a mixed up shipment of mineral oil with his more potent nitroglycerin.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 31 - The Coming of the Tiger
    7.7/10(101 votes)

    S5:E31

    An elder from the Japanese community informs Paladin that a Nationalistic Japanese Priest, accompanied by a Samurai Warrior, is attempting to enter the country illegally.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 38 - The Knight
    7.7/10(98 votes)

    S5:E38

    Paladin is hired to find a killer. His usual fee is paid for instead with a ring. A ring that may tie his employer to his quarry with him in the middle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 2 - The Education of Sarah Jane
    7.6/10(118 votes)

    S5:E2

    The Darrow and Tyler families have been feuding so long they don't remember who started it. It's up to Paladin to help them decide if the feud should continue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 15 - The Kid
    7.6/10(114 votes)

    S5:E15

    Paladin is sent a $100 bill and told there are 9 more like it if he travels to a town called Last Gasp.

    Director:Elliot Silverstein
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 29 - Silent Death, Secret Death
    7.6/10(91 votes)

    S5:E29

    Paladin is asked to look for a missing brother, no matter the cost. When he finds out he's been missing for seven years, he accepts this task.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 32 - Darwin's Man
    7.6/10(93 votes)

    S5:E32

    A rancher (Kent Smith) pits his sons (Richard Rust, Buzz Martin) against one another in a fight to determine which of them will be his heir.

    Director:William Conrad
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel" season 5. It scored 8.8/10 based on 182 votes. Directed by Richard Boone and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/4/1961. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Justice in Hell".