The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(222 votes)

   #1 - Genesis

   S6:E19/15/1962

   After an unsuccessful attempt on his life by young Roderick Jefferson, Paladin is prompted into remembering a similar incident from his past. Once, as a youth, he agreed to pay off a gambling debt by shooting it out with a professional gunfighter.

   Director:William Conrad

   Writer:Sam Rolfe

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   Director:William Conrad

   Writer:Sam Rolfe
2. 

   8.0/10(116 votes)

   #2 - Taylor's Woman

   S6:E29/22/1962

   A hen-pecked rancher, in San Francisco to marry his housekeeper, hires Paladin to help him get out doing so.

   Director:Richard Boone

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Richard Boone

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3. 

   8.5/10(119 votes)

   #3 - The Fifth Bullet

   S6:E39/29/1962

   After eight years, Paladin tries to repay a convict for the lie he was told when he arrested him. "I promise you a fair trial" is what he said.

   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

   Writer:Unknown
4. 

   8.2/10(101 votes)

   #4 - A Place For Abel Hix

   S6:E410/6/1962

   Hix sends for Paladin. When he arrives in town, he finds that Hix was killed in a gunfight even though he's the fastest man with gun who ever lived.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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5. 

   8.2/10(102 votes)

   #5 - Beau Geste

   S6:E510/13/1962

   After 15 years in office, Sheriff Dobbs is retiring and some old enemies are just waiting for the day he turns in his badge. Paladin received a newspaper clipping about the sheriff and $10 to save Dobbs' life.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Harold Jack Bloom

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   Writer:Harold Jack Bloom
6. 

   7.7/10(85 votes)

   #6 - Bird of Time

   S6:E610/20/1962

   Paladin rides upon a man named Stryker hanging from a tree. When he learns Paladin is after the same man but with a warrant, he says he has stronger reasons and hopes he won't get in his way.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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7. 

   8.2/10(104 votes)

   #7 - Memories of Monica

   S6:E710/27/1962

   Repaying a debt, Paladin rides to Valley Heart. Sheriff Reagan awaits the return of a native son who has been jailed for the past six years.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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8. 

   8.5/10(111 votes)

   #8 - The Predators

   S6:E811/3/1962

   Paladin is after a man suspected of killing a marshal. After finally capturing him in the desert he claims his innocence.

   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

   Writer:Unknown
9. 

   7.5/10(91 votes)

   #9 - Shootout at Hogtooth

   S6:E911/10/1962

   Hogtooth gets more ridicule than usual, when 3 gunmen take over the town, after cleaning it up. Each was hired in secret by a town council member, so the enforcers band together to suck Hogtooth dry.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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10. 

    7.8/10(98 votes)

    #10 - A Miracle for St. Francis

    S6:E1011/17/1962

    Paladin rides to the San Luis Rey church in search of a very old brandy. When he is asked by the Padre to retrieve a statue of worship, they strike a bargain where they both may get what they want.

    Director:William Conrad

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:William Conrad

    Writer:Unknown
11. 

    8.1/10(110 votes)

    #11 - Marshal of Sweetwater

    S6:E1111/24/1962

    Sweetwater was a wild town before Thomas Carey, a retired Army scout and old friend of Paladin, became marshal. But Carey has taken over complete control and turned into a killer. Paladin has to stop him and Carey has always seemed the faster of the two.

    Director:Jerry Hopper

    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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    Director:Jerry Hopper

    Writer:Gene Roddenberry
12. 

    7.7/10(100 votes)

    #12 - Man in an Hourglass

    S6:E1212/1/1962

    A doctor who once saved Paladin's life calls upon him to find and safely bring back the son of a one-time sweetheart. The young man has "taken to the hills" to track down his father's killer.

    Director:Jerry Hopper

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jerry Hopper

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13. 

    7.1/10(98 votes)

    #13 - Penelope

    S6:E1312/8/1962

    Paladin meets a drunken Col Lacey at the Carlton. He is there fearful of going home to his lovely wife after being away for some time seeking his fortune.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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14. 

    8.3/10(103 votes)

    #14 - Trial at Tablerock

    S6:E1412/15/1962

    Adams, the prosecutor, wants to hire Paladin to rid the town of someone he says is getting away with murder.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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15. 

    8.4/10(153 votes)

    #15 - Be Not Forgetful of Strangers

    S6:E1512/22/1962

    Paladin rides into a Texas town at Christmas time and encounters a saloon full of merrymakers. Soon afterward a cowboy brings in a pregnant girl who may not survive the impending birth.

    Director:Richard Boone

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Richard Boone

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16. 

    8.3/10(110 votes)

    #16 - The Treasure

    S6:E1612/29/1962

    Jess Harden, about to be released from prison for an $80K robbery he says he didn't commit, returns to the same town not knowing that it's a ghost town.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer:Unknown
17. 

    7.9/10(102 votes)

    #17 - Brotherhood

    S6:E171/5/1963

    Abe and Jim Redrock are both well educated. The only problem they always run into is they are also Indians. Abe stays true to his heritage, causing trouble for the elected sheriff of Latigo.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

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18. 

    7.4/10(89 votes)

    #18 - Bob Wire

    S6:E181/12/1963

    Bob Wire hires Paladin, C.O.D., to escort him and his wagon load of barb wire to Anderson.

    Director:Jerry Hopper

    Writer:Bruce Geller

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    Director:Jerry Hopper

    Writer:Bruce Geller
19. 

    8.0/10(108 votes)

    #19 - The Debutante

    S6:E191/19/1963

    Mrs. Quincy longs to see her granddaughter who has been away since she was six. When her daughter and husband died in the mine fields, she was taken in.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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20. 

    7.3/10(90 votes)

    #20 - Unforgiving Minute

    S6:E201/26/1963

    Fleeing banditos, Paladin seeks shelter from a peasant and his beautiful, scheming wife, their marriage at the breaking point.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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21. 

    8.0/10(95 votes)

    #21 - American Primitive

    S6:E212/2/1963

    Paladin is joined by his friend Ernie Backwater, an aging sheriff who is out to capture Will Tybee, a wanted fugitive who has spent his life searching for the man who murdered his son.

    Director:Jerry Hopper

    Writer:Unknown

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22. 

    7.7/10(95 votes)

    #22 - The Burning Tree

    S6:E222/9/1963

    Paladin is escorting a unique prisoner to a trial and certain conviction. A man who has been married seven times and murdered all of them.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

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23. 

    8.1/10(101 votes)

    #23 - Cage at McNaab

    S6:E232/16/1963

    Paladin is asked by the wife of a man who is condemned to die to visit him in prison and see if new evidence can be found to clear her husband.

    Director:Gary Nelson

    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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    Director:Gary Nelson

    Writer:Gene Roddenberry
24. 

    7.2/10(97 votes)

    #24 - The Caravan

    S6:E242/23/1963

    Paladin is hired to escort a Rani and her party across 150 miles of desert to a safe haven. The Rani is from a country fighting a civil war and she is to be the new leader if her side is victorious.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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25. 

    6.9/10(95 votes)

    #25 - The Walking Years

    S6:E253/2/1963

    A letter from a friend brings Paladin to a bar where he's drugged. He wakes up chained and in the company of a man with a similar story and a woman who's path they've both crossed before.

    Director:Richard Boone

    Writer:Unknown

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    Writer:Unknown