"Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957) TV series 1957-1963

Creators:

Herb Meadow
Sam Rolfe
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

14 September 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Professional gunfighter Paladin was a West Point graduate who, after the Civil War, settled into San...

Plot Keywords:

Gunfighter | San Francisco California | Cult TV | Cult Western | Cult Favorite

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Richard Boone	...	Paladin / ... (226 episodes, 1957-1963)
Kam Tong	...	Hey Boy / ... (98 episodes, 1957-1963)

Series Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen		(101 episodes, 1957-1963)
Richard Boone		(19 episodes, 1960-1963)
Buzz Kulik		(11 episodes, 1958-1961)
Lamont Johnson		(10 episodes, 1958-1959)
Ida Lupino		(7 episodes, 1959-1960)
Richard Whorf		(6 episodes, 1958-1959)
William Conrad		(4 episodes, 1962)
Richard Donner		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Jerry Hopper		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Lewis Milestone		(2 episodes, 1958)
Don Taylor		(2 episodes, 1959)

Series Writing credits
Herb Meadow		(212 episodes, 1957-1963)
Sam Rolfe		(212 episodes, 1957-1963)
Gene Roddenberry		(24 episodes, 1957-1963)
Shimon Wincelberg		(14 episodes, 1958-1962)
Harry Julian Fink		(12 episodes, 1958-1962)
Ken Kolb		(11 episodes, 1957-1958)
Albert Aley		(10 episodes, 1958-1959)
Frank Pierson		(9 episodes, 1959-1960)
Jay Simms		(8 episodes, 1959-1963)
Robert E. Thompson		(7 episodes, 1960-1962)
Bruce Geller		(5 episodes, 1958-1963)
Don Ingalls		(4 episodes, 1958-1963)
Don Brinkley		(3 episodes, 1957-1958)
Jack Laird		(3 episodes, 1958-1962)
Joan Scott		(3 episodes, 1958-1962)
Irving Wallace		(3 episodes, 1958-1959)
Robert C. Dennis		(3 episodes, 1960-1963)
Steve Fisher		(2 episodes, 1957-1959)
Jack Jacobs		(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
Joel Kane		(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
Archie L. Tegland		(2 episodes, 1960)

Series Produced by
Sam Rolfe	....	producer / associate producer (53 episodes, 1958-1960)
Julian Claman	....	producer (39 episodes, 1957-1958)
Frank Pierson	....	producer / associate producer (19 episodes, 1959-1960)
Ben Brady	....	producer (17 episodes, 1960)
Don Ingalls	....	associate producer / producer (3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert Sparks	....	producer (2 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Original Music by
Lucien Moraweck		(12 episodes, 1960-1963)
Wilbur Hatch		(9 episodes, 1959-1963)
René Garriguenc		(9 episodes, 1961-1963)
Nathan Scott		(6 episodes, 1960-1963)
Leith Stevens		(4 episodes, 1959-1962)
Lyn Murray		(4 episodes, 1959-1961)
Fred Steiner		(4 episodes, 1960-1962)
Van Cleave		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
William Lava		(3 episodes, 1960-1962)
Jerry Goldsmith		(2 episodes, 1960)
Leon Klatzkin		(2 episodes, 1963)

Series Cinematography by
Stuart Thompson		(51 episodes, 1958-1960)
William Margulies		(25 episodes, 1957-1958)
Fleet Southcott		(18 episodes, 1957-1959)
Howard Schwartz		(15 episodes, 1958-1959)
Frank V. Phillips		(14 episodes, 1960-1962)

Series Film Editing by
Sam Gold		(36 episodes, 1957-1959)
Harry Coswick		(27 episodes, 1957-1959)
Michael Luciano		(10 episodes, 1957-1958)
Leslie Vidor		(4 episodes, 1957-1958)
Everett Sutherland		(3 episodes, 1959-1962)

Series Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster		(34 episodes, 1957-1958)
Peggy Rea		(3 episodes, 1961-1963)

Series Art Direction by
James W. Sullivan		(25 episodes, 1957-1958)
Walter E. Keller		(3 episodes, 1959)

Series Set Decoration by
Raymond Boltz Jr.		(77 episodes, 1957-1959)
Herman N. Schoenbrun		(3 episodes, 1959)
Charles Vassar		(3 episodes, 1959)

Series Makeup Department
Madine Danks	....	hair stylist (63 episodes, 1957-1959)
Donald W. Roberson	....	makeup artist (39 episodes, 1958-1962)
William Woods	....	makeup artist (25 episodes, 1957-1958)
Glen Alden	....	makeup artist (18 episodes, 1957-1959)
Pat Whiffing	....	hair stylist (18 episodes, 1957-1959)

Series Production Management
Glenn Cook	....	production manager (77 episodes, 1957-1959)
Howard Joslin	....	unit production manager / production manager (4 episodes, 1959-1962)
Dewey Starkey	....	production supervisor (2 episodes, 1959)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Howard Joslin	....	assistant director (60 episodes, 1957-1959)
Nathan Barrager	....	assistant director (18 episodes, 1957-1959)
Jack Voglin	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1959)
Gary Nelson	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Art Department
Mike Gordon	....	property master (77 episodes, 1957-1959)
Paul Sylos	....	set designer (52 episodes, 1958-1959)
Arthur Friedrich	....	property master (5 episodes, 1959-1962)

Series Sound Department
Gene Eliot	....	sound effects editor (3 episodes, 1959)

Series Special Effects by
Louis DeWitt	....	special photographic effects (67 episodes, 1957-1959)
Jack Rabin	....	special photographic effects (67 episodes, 1957-1959)

Series Visual Effects by
Louis DeWitt	....	optical effects (11 episodes, 1957-1958)
Jack Rabin	....	optical effects (11 episodes, 1957-1958)

Series Stunts
Carol Daniels	....	stunts (5 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jack N. Young	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1957)

Series Casting Department
James Lister	....	casting (1 episode, 1959)
Lynn Stalmaster	....	casting (1 episode, 1959)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joseph Dimmitt	....	wardrobe / costumer (77 episodes, 1957-1962)
Frank Tauss	....	wardrobe (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
Jack Dowsing	....	wardrobe (2 episodes, 1957-1958)

Series Editorial Department
Fred W. Berger	....	supervising editor (78 episodes, 1957-1959)

Series Music Department
Bernard Herrmann	....	composer: theme music (68 episodes, 1957-1963)
Johnny Western	....	song: "ballad of paladin" / singer: theme song (3 episodes, 1959-1963)
Gene Feldman	....	music editor (3 episodes, 1959)

Series Other crew
Richard Chaffee	....	script supervisor (64 episodes, 1957-1962)
Don Ingalls	....	story editor / script editor (35 episodes, 1958-1959)
Mary Chaffee	....	script supervisor (13 episodes, 1957-1959)
Gana Jones	....	script supervisor (5 episodes, 1958)

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Filmaster Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1957) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia House (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Paramount Studios  filming location
• Roderick Sound  sound
• Stalmaster-Lister Co.  casting

Runtime:

30 min (226 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

While many television series are taken from radio shows, the radio show “Have Gun Will Travel” with John Dehner as Paladin appeared after the television show.

Quotes:

Paladin: I don't think you got a very good look at this gun while you had it. The balance is perfect. This trigger responds to a pressure of one ounce. If you look carefully in the barrel you'll see the lines of the rifling. It's a rarity in a hand weapon. This gun was handcrafted to my specifications and I rarely draw it unless I mean to use it. Would you care for a demonstration?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mister Ed: My Horse, the Mailman (#5.21)" (1965)

Soundtrack:

Ballad of Paladin

Paladin-- a modern-day knight...

There was a lot of thought put into this TV series, which was not your typical Western. For one thing, his name: a Paladin was a lawful knight of Charlemagne's court. This accounts for the chess-piece knight on his calling card, and the lyrics of the theme song which refer to him as "a knight without armor in a savage land." His calling card said "Have Gun, Will Travel" and "Wire Paladin, San Francisco." (By the way, "Wire" was not his first name, it's a verb meaning "send a telegram.") Paladin, the only name he ever went by, was a true split-personality type. He was equally at home wearing expensive suits and living a rich playboy lifestyle in a San Francisco hotel, or donning his black working clothes, and avenging evil. Some of the clients he stood up for were not in the majority; for example, he once defended the Mennonites, which probably would make him seem to be a non-conformist. Paladin only cared about right and wrong. Even though he charged a fee for his services, he only took cases he believed in, and clients he wanted to help.

" 'Have Gun, Will Travel' reads the card of a man. A knight without armor in a savage land. His fast gun for hire heeds the calling wind. A soldier of Fortune is the man called Paladin. Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam? Paladin, Paladin, far, far from home."