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

User Rating:

8.7/10   

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 | Cult TV | Cult Favorite | Cult Western

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Richard Boone	...	Paladin / ... (226 episodes, 1957-1963)
Kam Tong	...	Kim "Hey Boy" Chan / ... (97 episodes, 1957-1963)

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Series Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen		(99 episodes, 1957-1963)
Richard Boone		(18 episodes, 1960-1963)
Buzz Kulik		(11 episodes, 1958-1961)
Lamont Johnson		(10 episodes, 1958-1959)
Ida Lupino		(7 episodes, 1959-1960)
Richard Whorf		(5 episodes, 1958-1959)
William Conrad		(4 episodes, 1962)
Richard Donner		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Lewis Milestone		(2 episodes, 1958)
Don Taylor		(2 episodes, 1959)
Jerry Hopper		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Writing credits
Sam Rolfe		(211 episodes, 1957-1963)
Herb Meadow		(210 episodes, 1957-1963)
Gene Roddenberry		(23 episodes, 1957-1963)
Shimon Wincelberg		(13 episodes, 1958-1960)
Harry Julian Fink		(12 episodes, 1958-1961)
Ken Kolb		(11 episodes, 1957-1958)
Albert Aley		(9 episodes, 1958-1959)
Jay Simms		(8 episodes, 1959-1963)
Frank Pierson		(8 episodes, 1959-1960)
Robert E. Thompson		(6 episodes, 1960-1962)
Bruce Geller		(5 episodes, 1958-1963)
Don Ingalls		(4 episodes, 1958-1963)
Don Brinkley		(3 episodes, 1957-1958)
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)
Richard Matheson		(2 episodes, 1958-1960)
Archie L. Teglend		(2 episodes, 1960)

Series Produced by
Sam Rolfe	....	producer / associate producer (44 episodes, 1958-1960)
Julian Claman	....	producer (40 episodes, 1957-1958)
Ben Brady	....	producer (17 episodes, 1959-1960)
Frank Pierson	....	producer (17 episodes, 1959-1960)
Don Ingalls	....	associate producer / producer (3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert Sparks	....	producer (2 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Original Music by
Bernard Herrmann		(1 episode, 1957)
Wilbur Hatch		(1 episode, 1960)
Jerome Moross		(1 episode, 1960)
Lyn Murray		(1 episode, 1960)
Van Cleave		(1 episode, 1962)
René Garriguenc		(1 episode, 1963)
Leon Klatzkin		(1 episode, 1963)
Paul Dunlap		(unknown episodes)
Jerry Goldsmith		(unknown episodes)
Nathan Scott		(unknown episodes)
Fred Steiner		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Stuart Thompson		(44 episodes, 1958-1960)
William Margulies		(25 episodes, 1957-1958)
Fleet Southcott		(18 episodes, 1957-1959)
Howard Schwartz		(15 episodes, 1958-1959)
Frank V. Phillips		(13 episodes, 1960-1962)

Series Film Editing by
Sam Gold		(32 episodes, 1957-1959)
Harry Coswick		(22 episodes, 1957-1959)
Michael Luciano		(10 episodes, 1957-1958)
Leslie Vidor		(4 episodes, 1957-1958)

Series Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster		(66 episodes, 1957-1959)
Peggy Rea		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Art Direction by
James W. Sullivan		(25 episodes, 1957-1958)

Series Set Decoration by
Raymond Boltz Jr.		(70 episodes, 1957-1959)

Series Costume Design by
Frank Tauss		(2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Joseph Dimmitt		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Madine Danks	....	hair stylist (52 episodes, 1957-1959)
Donald W. Roberson	....	makeup artist (28 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 (68 episodes, 1957-1959)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Howard Joslin	....	assistant director (53 episodes, 1957-1959)
Nathan Barrager	....	assistant director (18 episodes, 1957-1959)
Gary Nelson	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Art Department
Mike Gordon	....	property master (70 episodes, 1957-1959)
Paul Sylos	....	set designer (44 episodes, 1958-1959)
Arthur Friedrich	....	property master (2 episodes, 1959-1962)

Series Sound Department
Frederick A. Kessler	....	sound mixer (1 episode, 1962)
Joel Moss	....	sound re-recordist (1 episode, 1962)
Gene Eliot	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Louis DeWitt	....	special photographic effects / optical effects (68 episodes, 1957-1959)
Jack Rabin	....	special photographic effects / optical effects (68 episodes, 1957-1959)

Series Stunts
Carol Daniels	....	stunts (5 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jack N. Young	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1957)
Fred Dale	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Troy Melton	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joseph Dimmitt	....	wardrobe / costumer (34 episodes, 1957-1962)
Jack Dowsing	....	wardrobe (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Frank Tauss	....	wardrobe (2 episodes, 1957)

Series Editorial Department
Fred W. Berger	....	supervising editor (69 episodes, 1957-1959)

Series Music Department
Bernard Herrmann	....	composer: theme music (69 episodes, 1957-1963)
Johnny Western	....	song: "ballad of paladin" (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Richard Boone	....	song: "ballad of paladin" (unknown episodes)
Gene Feldman	....	music editor (unknown episodes)
Sam Rolfe	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Richard Chaffee	....	script supervisor (54 episodes, 1957-1962)
Don Ingalls	....	story editor (28 episodes, 1958-1959)
Mary Chaffee	....	script supervisor (13 episodes, 1957-1959)
Gana Jones	....	script supervisor (5 episodes, 1958)
Louis DeWitt	....	special photographic effect (2 episodes, 1958)
Jack Rabin	....	special photographic effect (2 episodes, 1958)

Production Companies

• CBS Television

Distributors

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

Other Companies

• Paramount Studios  filming location
• Roderick Sound Inc.  sound

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:

CBS Television

Trivia:

Parts of the first season episode "The Colonel and the Lady" were filmed on sets used for the television show "Gunsmoke" (1955). The Long Branch Saloon is very minimally redecorated to stand in for a saloon Paladin visits in a Nevada mining town. Shots of people walking the streets of the town were also taken from Gunsmoke.

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 The War at Home (1996)

A thinking man's western

What a remarkable half hour of allegory and metaphor. Starting with the premise that our protagonist is a fellow who others don't like - he's a gunfighter. And that he charges a lot - $1,000 - and that he is cool - wears black and uses a business card - and he does good deeds for others.

And he doesn't like to use his gun to solve problems.

This vehicle is used over and over again to good effect. He solves interesting problems that span a large part of the country and a large array of people - blacks, chinese, mexicans, bums, crooks and good guys.

Writers include Roddenberry.

Good stuff, mostly.