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The Worst Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel

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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 Worst Episode
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    Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 29 - Lady of the Fifth Moon
    6.5/10(123 votes)

    #1 - Lady of the Fifth Moon

    S6:E29

    Paladin comes to pay his respects to the mother of a Chinese man who is killed. She asks Paladin to meet a ship bound for China and see that her granddaughter is brought safely aboard.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 21 - The Hunt
    6.8/10(100 votes)

    #2 - The Hunt

    S5:E21

    Paladin is lured to Oregon under the pretense of a widow in distress. The real reason is to engage him in a deadly hunt with a bored prince.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  3. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 31 - The Black Bull
    6.8/10(82 votes)

    #3 - The Black Bull

    S6:E31

    After being tortured, Paladin, becomes a surrogate bull for a famous, but now insane bullfighter, Nino Ybarra..

    Director:William Conrad
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 22 - The Ledge
    6.9/10(119 votes)

    #4 - The Ledge

    S3:E22

    Richard Boone as Paladin is on the road with 4 others when a man in the distance yells to them and then falls off a ledge in an 'impossible to get to space.' John Hoyt plays a doctor who begins to assume the man is dead, but really, everyone is unsure, and worried. The entire episode concerns the issue of mercy killing. Richard Rust plays a young man named Corey who is deathly afraid of heights but who tries to get down to the man to make certain. At one point, they even feel perhaps they should shoot the man just in case he's alive. This episode shows exactly why the show is called a psychological drama western. It is very intense and intellectual, with superb acting. The other two characters are a man who hides his fear by constantly laughing and a man who cannot stop saying he cannot take risks because he has a family.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Joel Kane

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  5. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 38 - The Trial
    6.9/10(98 votes)

    #5 - The Trial

    S3:E38

    Paladin is hired by Morgan Gibbs to bring in his son, who is wanted for murder. There is a $500 dead or alive bounty on him and Morgan offers to pay Paladin $5000 to bring him in alive. When Paladin brings him in draped over his horse, Paladin is put on trial for killing him.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 31 - Duke of Texas
    6.9/10(93 votes)

    #6 - Duke of Texas

    S4:E31

    Franz, a young Austrian Duke, hires Paladin to guide him to meet with a general who has promised to help reclaim Mexico for the Austrian empire. Franz believes the people of Mexico will welcome him, but Padadin thinks that Franz's advisor has other reasons for making the trip.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 25 - The Walking Years
    6.9/10(95 votes)

    #7 - The Walking Years

    S6:E25

    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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  8. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 6 - The Gospel Singer
    7.0/10(92 votes)

    #8 - The Gospel Singer

    S5:E6

    Bugbear wants to change its image. When Paladin is hired, his idea of disarmament is working fine. Until a missionary rides to town with her own methods for doing the same thing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 22 - Dream Girl
    7.0/10(111 votes)

    #9 - Dream Girl

    S5:E22

    Paladin rides upon Buddy Webster's mining camp, who needs a big favor. He has been prospecting for gold dust the last five years.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 12 - The Ballad of Oscar Wilde
    7.1/10(148 votes)

    #10 - The Ballad of Oscar Wilde

    S2:E12

    Paladin is hired to protect Oscar Wilde. Another 3 men apply for the job, but after Paladin upstages them they kidnap Wilde for ransom. Paladin takes care of them, his way.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Irving Wallace

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  11. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 3 - Les Girls
    7.1/10(87 votes)

    #11 - Les Girls

    S3:E3

    Paladin is hired to deliver three mail-order brides to Bend-In-The-River.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  12. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 13 - Penelope
    7.1/10(98 votes)

    #12 - Penelope

    S6:E13

    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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  13. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 17 - Ella West
    7.2/10(171 votes)

    #13 - Ella West

    S1:E17

    The promoter of a wild west show asks Paladin for help taming down a very wild and famous female sharpshooter and show her how to act like a lady.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  14. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 23 - The Return of the Lady
    7.2/10(126 votes)

    #14 - The Return of the Lady

    S2:E23

    Diana Coulter (The Lady, Episode 49) wires Paladin and asks him to come to her wedding to ""give the bride away"".

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  15. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 11 - Tiger
    7.2/10(124 votes)

    #15 - Tiger

    S3:E11

    Ellsworth believes he has had an old tiger curse put on him and that a tiger is coming to kill him. He hires Paladin to protect him from the tiger.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  16. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 12 - Champagne Safari
    7.2/10(126 votes)

    #16 - Champagne Safari

    S3:E12

    An old friend of Paladin's requests his help after a family member is killed in an Indian raid.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 37 - Ransom
    7.2/10(83 votes)

    #17 - Ransom

    S3:E37

    Paladin is hired to find Colonel Celine in order to get him to sign an important document.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 4 - Out at the Old Ballpark
    7.2/10(123 votes)

    #18 - Out at the Old Ballpark

    S4:E4

    Paladin serves as umpire for a Wild West baseball game.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 4 Episode 35 - The Cure
    7.2/10(105 votes)

    #19 - The Cure

    S4:E35

    Paladin helps down on her luck Calamity Jane regain her mojo.

    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 5 Episode 13 - A Knight to Remember
    7.2/10(96 votes)

    #20 - A Knight to Remember

    S5:E13

    Paladin is hired to find Don Esteban, who has disappeared. When he finds him he is dressed as a knight in armor and thinks he is Don Quixote.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Robert Dozier

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  21. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 6 Episode 24 - The Caravan
    7.2/10(97 votes)

    #21 - The Caravan

    S6:E24

    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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  22. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 27 - Incident at Borrasca Bend
    7.3/10(127 votes)

    #22 - Incident at Borrasca Bend

    S2:E27

    Arriving in a weird tent town to return money to a prospector, Paladin finds himself charged with the man's murder and tried by a kangaroo court.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 39 - Gold and Brimstone
    7.3/10(106 votes)

    #23 - Gold and Brimstone

    S2:E39

    Paladin finds a sick old man and his son trying to protect their mine from claim jumpers. The old man is delirious and thinks that Paladin is the devil and has only offered to help in exchange for their souls.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Bruce Geller

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  24. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 18 - The Pledge
    7.3/10(106 votes)

    #24 - The Pledge

    S3:E18

    Ike Brennan hires Paladin to escort him through Indian country in order to exchange goods for his wife who is being held hostage by the Indians.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  25. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 29 - An International Affair
    7.3/10(112 votes)

    #25 - An International Affair

    S3:E29

    A Hawaiian prince is killed in Paladin's hotel room and Paladin must find out why the prince was targeted.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Lady of the Fifth Moon" is the worst rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel". It scored 6.5/10 based on 123 votes. Directed by Richard Boone and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/30/1963. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Hunt".