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Starring Richard Boone as Paladin
Season 4 (CBS) (1960-61)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, James Beer
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

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CBS Saturdays 9:30 pm Eastern (38 episodes)

4.01 [118] Have Gun-Will Travel: THE FATALIST [verified- RF]
10Sep60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Written by Shimon Wincelberg
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Director of Photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
Martin Gabel ........ Nathan Shotness
Robert Blake ........ Smollet
Roxane Berard ....... Rivka Shotness
Regina Gleason ...... Viola
Kam Tong ............ Hey Boy (recurring)
John Close .......... Oldfield
Lee Sands ........... Messenger
Synopsis:
Paladin helps a proud Russian-Jewish immigrant (and his
daughter) who refuses to be "bought" after he witnesses a murder.

4.02 [119] Have Gun-Will Travel: LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM [verified- RF]
17Sep60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Written by Jay Simms
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Director of Photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
Ken Curtis .......... Monk
Lorna Thayer ........ Augusta
Mike Mazurki ........ Power
Kam Tong ............ Hey Boy (recurring)
George Barrows ...... Waiter
Wayne Burson ........ Waiter
Cosmo Sardo ......... Barber
Bobbie Barber ....... Tailor
Hal Needham ......... Bartender
Synopsis:
Scruffy, smelly, Monk comes to visit his Uncle Mort, but he's too late he's
dead. A will states that Monk has inherited half of Bordelli's a fancy
exclusive nightclub. He asks Paladin's help in getting into the place,
so Paladin cleans him up and tries to show him how to be a gentleman. [RF]
Comment: A very funny episode. [RF]

4.03 [120] Have Gun-Will Travel: A HEAD OF HAIR [verified- RF]
24Sep60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Written by Harry Julian Fink
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Director of Photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
Ben Johnson .......... John Anderson
Trevor Bardette ...... Chagra
George Kennedy ....... Lt. Bryson
Donna Brooks ......... Mary Grange
Chuck Hayward ........ Chayup
Lisa Lu .............. Hey Girl (recurring)
Olan Soulé ........... Manager
Synopsis:
Paladin, along with an army scout who once lived with the
Sioux, finds and barters with other Indians for the return
of a man's abducted daughter.
Comment: Weak episode. [RF]

4.04 [121] Have Gun-Will Travel: OUT AT THE OLD BALL PARK [verified- RF]
01Oct60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Directed by Richard Boone
Written by Frank R. Pierson
Director of photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
John Larch ............. McNagle
J. Pat O'Malley ........ Marcus Goodbaby
Jack Albertson ......... Mayor Whiteside
Jan Harrison ........... Mrs. Cassell
Sandy Kenyon ........... Oudry
Perry Cook ............. Sheriff Fix
Hal Needham ............ Shaw
John J. Day ............ the Pitcher
Ted Hamilton ........... the Catcher
Lisa Lu ................ Hey Girl (recurring)
Peggy Rea .............. Peggy
Synopsis:
Paladin plays umpire to settle a ballfield feud between
townsfolk and pros, and tries to get the game finished.

4.05 [122] Have Gun-Will Travel: SATURDAY NIGHT  [verified- RF]
8Oct60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Written by Jack Curtis
Director of photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
Martin Balsam ................. Marshal Brock
Joanne Linville ............... Maggie
Wesley Lau .................... Stub
Denny Miller .................. Svenska
Terence De Marney ............. Kip
Rudy Solari ................... Ramon
Raoul de Leon ................. Francisco
Uncredited Cast:
Hal Needham, Tom Steele, Carl Saxe (Uncredited) [SC]
Synopsis:
In jail with several others after a bar fight, Paladin is accused by
the town marshal of murdering a young man found dead in his cell.

4.06 [123] Have Gun-Will Travel: THE CALF  [verified- RF]
15Oct60 Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Directed by Richard Boone
Written by Howard Rodman
Director of photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
Parker Fennelly ............... Abraham Lee
Denver Pyle ................... George Advent
Don Grady ..................... Lawson
Hal Needham, Carol Henry, Stewart East ...... Cowhands
Synopsis:
Paladin helps an old man and his adopted son in a bitter feud over a
fence and a small piece of land.
Note:
Don Grady (My Three Sons) plays the adopted Indian boy to Parker Fennelly's character. [RF]

4.07 [124] Have Gun-Will Travel: THE TENDER GUN  [verified- RF]
22Oct60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Written by Jay Simms
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Director of Photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
Jeanette Nolan ......... Maude Smuggley
Lou Antonio ............ Greve
Tony Reese ............. Yates
Herbert Patterson ...... Heck
Don Keefer ............. Corcoran
Lisa Lu ................ Hey Girl (recurring)
Synopsis:
A cantankerous, middle-aged female joke-of-a-sheriff offers
Paladin cold cash to rid the town of gunfighters.

4.08 [125] Have Gun-Will Travel: THE SHOOTING OF JESSIE MAY [verified- RF]
29Oct60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Directed by Richard Boone
Written by Harry Julian Fink
Director of Photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
Robert Blake ........... Jessie May Turnbow
William Talman ......... George JOndill
Hari Rhodes ............ Ansel James
Rayford Barnes ......... Sim Lenzer
John Milford ........... Abe Sinclair
Barnye Phillips ........ Joseph Ergo
Lisa Lu ................ Hey Girl (recurring)
Synopsis:
Paladin tracks a young murderer of ten men to an isolated wilderness
shack,and meets and likes its two occupants -- but are they covering for the killer?
   
4.09 [126] Have Gun-Will Travel: THE POKER FRIEND  [verified- RF]
12Nov60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Directed by Byron Paul
Written by Richard Adams
Director of Photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
Jack Weston ............. Neal
Peter Falk .............. Waller
Brett Somers ............ Sarah
James Boles ............. Billy the Hat
Warren Oates ............ Harrison
Leo Penn ................ Cavage
Tony Haig ............... Sam
Betsy Jones-Moreland .... Mrs. Neal
Joseph Walls ............ 1st Man
Eric Alden .............. 2nd Man
Stewart East ............ Waiter
Synopsis:
The wife of a man obsessed with a high-stakes poker game hires Paladin
to cut hubby's losses and bring him home.
Compelling battle for a lost man's soul.

4.10 [127] Have Gun-Will Travel: CROWBAIT  [verified- RF]
19Nov60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Written by Shimon Wincelberg
Director of Photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast;
Russell Collins ........ Crowbait
Jacqueline Scott ....... Amanda
Gordon Polk ............ Jubal
Eddie Little Sky ....... Indian Chief
Synopsis:
An old prospector enlists Paladin's aid in finding a secret Indian silver mine.

4.11 [128] Have Gun-Will Travel: THE MARSHAL'S BOY  [verified- RF]
26Nov60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
written by Robert James
Directed by Richard Boone
Director of Photography Frank Phillips
guest stars
Ken Lynch .............. Marshal
Andrew Prine ........... Billy
Harry Carey, Jr. ....... Guffey
Hal Needham ............ Cal
Jason Johnson .......... Deputy
Hal Smith .............. Doctor
Carol Henry ............ Fred
Sandra Warner .......... Lady
Terry Terrill .......... Clerk
Kam Tong ............... Hey Boy (recurring)
Synopsis:
Paladin must find a marshal's accused son hiding in the
mountains, and convince him to come in and stand trial,
before a worked-up posse gets him.

4.12 [129] Have Gun - Will Travel: FOGG BOUND  [verified- RF]
03Dec60 CBS Sat
Produced by Frank R. Pierson
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Teleplay by Shimon Wincelberg
Based on "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne
Story Editor Albert Ruben
Director of Photography Frank Phillips
Guest Cast:
Patric Knowles .......... Phileas Fogg
Peter Whitney ........... Major Proctor
Jon Silo ................ Jean Passepartout
Arlene McQuade .......... Aounda
Lisa Lu ................ Hey Girl (recurring)
Synopsis:
Paladin meets Jules Verne's character Phineas Fogg of "Around the
World in Eighty Days" fame, and helps him and his entourage to cross a river.

4.13 [130] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE LEGACY
10Dec60
guest stars
George Kennedy ................ Sam Tarnitzer
Chuck Roberson ................ Pike
Harry Lauter .................. Crawford
Harry Carey, Jr.
A dying fugitive wills a fortune to anyone in a posse who kills
Paladin before they get back to town.

4.14 [131] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE PRISONER
17Dec60
guest stars
Buzz Martin ................... Justin Groton
Barry Kelley .................. Sheriff
George Mitchell ............... Keel
Liam Sullivan ................. Judge Bradford
Narda Onyx .................... the Marquesa
Howard McNear ................. Samuels
Paladin tries to convince a judge that the now 21-year-old
member of a murderous clan (who has spent his last 11
years in prison) has suffered enough and should not be hanged.
Still-relevant example of legal system woes and mob vengeance.

4.15 [132] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE PUPPETEER
24Dec60
guest stars
Crahan Denton ................. Jack Burnaby
Natalie Norwick ............... Maryanne Croft
Denver Pyle ................... Gen. George Croft
introducing
Peter Boone (son of actor Richard, in his acting debut)
Paladin gets a wagon ride from a puppeteer who's on his way
to Fort Pawnee (and its namesake general who has Presidential aspirations).

 4.16 [133] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE SANCTUARY
31Dec60 (Rerun 22Jun63)
Guest Cast:
Albert Salmi .................. Father Montalvo
John Mauldin .................. Vernon Good
James Anderson ................ Cordilene
Leo Gordon .................... Harkness
Oscar Beregi
*
Harry Carey, Jr. .............. Jonas Quincy
Hank Patterson ................ William Barton
Jerry Summers
(no Synopsis)

4.17 [134] Have Gun - Will Travel: A QUIET NIGHT IN TOWN (Part 1/2)
7Jan61
guest stars
Robert Carricart .............. Joselito Kincaid
Robert Emhardt ................ Renny
Phyllis Love .................. Dot
James Best .................... Roy Smith
Sydney Pollack ................ Joe Gulp
Fredd Wayne
Kevin Hagen
William Challee
Four men decide to hang Paladin's prisoner for the sake of amusement.
Tense, engrossing tale of the evil men do.

4.18 [135] Have Gun - Will Travel: A QUIET NIGHT IN TOWN (Part 2/2)
14Jan61
guest stars
Robert Carricart .............. Joselito Kincaid
Robert Emhardt ................ Renny
Phyllis Love .................. Dot
James Best .................... Roy Smith
Sydney Pollack ................ Joe Gulp
Fredd Wayne
Kevin Hagen
William Challee
An injured, enraged Paladin seeks justice.
Solid finish to the series' only two-parter.

4.19 [136] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE PRINCESS AND THE GUNFIGHTER
21Jan61
guest stars
Arline Sax .................... Princess Serafina
Ben Wright .................... Count di Cassals
Shirley O'Hara ................ Duchess
Earl Parker ................... Morton
Barry Cahill .................. Cosnik
Hal Needham ................... Guides
Ross Sturlin .................. Guides
The Princess of tiny kingdom disappears during U.S. tour;
can Paladin find her and bring her back to Frisco?

4.20 [137] Have Gun - Will Travel: SHADOW OF A MAN
28Jan61
guest stars
Kent Smith .................... John Sutter
Dianne Foster ................. Marion Sutter
Mike Kellin ................... Logan Adcock
Walter Burke
Robert Karnes
A woman hires Paladin to protect her Southerner husband
from Confederate-hating townsfolk.

4.21 [138] Have Gun - Will Travel: LONG WAY HOME
4Feb61
guest stars
William Talman ................ Sheriff
Ivan Dixon .................... Isham Spruce
Rayford Barnes ................ Deputy
John Milford .................. Hutton
(no synopsis)

4.22 [139] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE TAX GATHERER
11Feb61
guest stars
Roy Barcroft .................. Lewt Cutter
Harry Carey, Jr. .............. Jesse Turner
Raymond Hatton ................ Mayor Trevor
Stewart East .................. Morton
John Hopkins .................. Abe
Bob Woodward
Hal Needham
Paladin is hired to collect cattle taxes from some very
reluctant ranchers in Bad Dog, Oregon.

4.23 [140] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE FATAL FLAW
25Feb61
guest stars
Allyn Joslyn .................. Marshal McKendrick
Royal Dano .................... Curley Ashburne
Jena Engstrom ................. Cassandra
Miguel de Anda ................ Salazar
(no synopsis)

4.24 [141] Have Gun - Will Travel: FANDANGO
4Mar61
guest stars
Robert Gist ................... Sheriff Ernie Backwater
Karl Swenson .................. Lloyd Petty
Andrew Prine .................. Bobby Olson
Jerry Summers ................. James Horton
Rodolfo Acosta ................ Sanchez
Two boys, slated to be hanged for murder, have escaped;
Paladin helps an old sheriff friend bring them in, and protect
them from the victim's brother -- a legendary gunfighter.

4.25 [142] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE LAST JUDGMENT
11Mar61
guest stars
Harold J. Stone ............... Judge Elroy Greenleaf
Donald Randolph ............... Dr. Simeon Loving
Leo Gordon .................... Moley
James Anderson
Robert J. Stevenson
Paladin plays defense attorney, and defends an innocent doctor
in a small town kangaroo court run by a maniacal justice-of-the-peace.

4.26 [143] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE GOLD BAR
18Mar61
guest stars
John Fiedler .................. Turner
Jena Engstrom ................. Woman
Val Avery ..................... Throckton
Chet Stratton ................. Bank Examiner
Paladin helps a remorseful San Francisco bank clerk return
the gold bar he swiped (before its loss is discovered).

4.27 [144] Have Gun - Will Travel: EVERYMAN
25Mar61
guest stars
Barry Kelley .................. Danceman
David White ................... Cus Mincus
Vic Perrin .................... Drunk
June Vincent .................. Mme. Destin
Don or Roy Engel .............. Sheriff
Suzi Carnell .................. Juney Mincus
Loyal Lucas ................... Miners
Lawrence Dutchison ............ Miners
A tarot-card reader predicts the skeptical Paladin's future
-- an encounter with a sailor and death.

4.28 [145] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE SIEGE
1Apr61
guest stars
Mike Kellin ................... Alvah Brent
Perry Lopez ................... Theo Brent
David J. Stewart .............. Kessler
Brad Weston ................... Bobby Joe Brent
Robert Karnes ................. Tyler
Russ Bender ................... Doctor
(no synopsis)

4.29 [146] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE LONG WEEKEND
8Apr61
guest stars
Roy Barcroft .................. Shep Montrose
Ralph Moody ................... Valentine Collins
Paige Adams ................... Peggy Collins
Clegg Hoyt
Stephen Roberts
Ned Glass
Paladin is hired to protect a town from a free-spending yet
destructive, scary and huge mountain man who visits
occasionally and wreaks havoc. And you thought dinosaurs were extinct.

4.30 [147] Have Gun - Will Travel: EL PASO STAGE
15Apr61 CBS
DIRECTED BY ROBERT BUTLER.
WRITTEN BY GENE RODDENBERRY.
Guest Cast:
Buddy Ebsen ................... Elmo Crane
Karl Swenson .................. Sam DeWitt
Jeremy Slate .................. Frank DeWitt
Hank Patterson ................ the Judge
Mary Munday ................... Lena
After being cold-cocked by a psycho-killer town marshal, a
groggy Paladin formulates a plan to end his reign of terror and settle the score.
The original Man in Black, at his avenging best.

4.31 [148] Have Gun - Will Travel: DUKE OF TEXAS
22Apr61
guest stars
Scott Marlowe ................. Prince Franz
Eduard Franz .................. Ludwig
Robert Carricart .............. Pablo Mendez
Albert Cavens ................. Jaillet
Roberto Contreras
(no synopsis)

4.32 [149] Have Gun - Will Travel: BROKEN IMAGE
29Apr61
guest stars
Kenneth Tobey ................. Tim Decker
June Vincent .................. Mrs. Decker
Johnny Eimen .................. Larry Decker
Bob Woodward .................. Sheriff
Hal Needham ................... Lookout
Ted Smile ..................... Saloon Owner
Rick Silver
Stewart East
Joan Dupuis
Paladin goes after gang of bank robbers with a small-town
local hero -- or is he? Solid psychological show.

4.33 [150] Have Gun - Will Travel: MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
6May61
guest stars
Wright King ................... Cull
Ben Wright .................... Boggs
Karl Swenson .................. Sheriff
Betsy Jones-Moreland .......... Topaz
Ed Nelson ..................... Rack
Otto Waldis
Allen Wood
Paladin is mauled by a cougar, then robbed and left for dead
by two men... but he makes it to the region's only town -- seeking answers.
Intriguing mystery remains puzzling throughout.

4.34 [151] Have Gun - Will Travel: BEAR BAIT
13May61
guest stars
Judi Meredith ................. Sally
Richard Rust .................. Sim
Martin West ................... Bunk
Ralph Reed .................... Burt
Stephen Roberts ............... Sheriff
Frank Ferguson ................ Kincaid
Ollie O'Toole ................. Telegraph Operator
James Maloney ................. Jimmy
Jack Tesler
Three young punks terrorize a town while the sheriff refuses
to interfere. 1960's "juvenile delinquency" message.

4.35 [152] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE CURE
20May61
guest stars
Norma Crane ................... Martha Jane Conroy
Jerry Wayne ................... Ned Blackstone
Jeanne Vaughn ................. Lucy Weyerhauser
Craig Duncan .................. Bartender
Olan Soule .................... McGinnis
Paladin helps Calamity Jane regain dignity, oust imposter and
attain her rightful place as show-biz attraction.

4.36 [153] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE ROAD
27May61
guest stars
Gene Lyons .................... Metton
Trevor Bardette ............... Hensoe
Perry Cook .................... Sibley
Joel Crothers ................. John
Ben Wright .................... Beaman
George Kennedy
Robbed by scavengers and forced to cross a wintry mountain
range on foot, Paladin turns to the reluctant father-and-son prospectors for help.

4.37 [154] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE UNEASY GRAVE
3Jun61
guest stars
Pippa Scott ................... Kathy Rousseau
Werner Klemperer .............. Leander Johnson
Lillian Bronson ............... Mrs. Johnson
Wolfe Barzell ................. Figaro Panziera
Don Beddoe .................... Marshal
Steve Warren
William Bryant
Robert Gibbons
Sherley O'Hara
Paladin chances upon a forlorn woman burying her fiancé at
the roadside, goes after his murderer (town
bigwig). Bittersweet tale of hopelessness and jealousy.

4.38 [155] Have Gun - Will Travel: SOLEDAD CROSSING
10Jun61
guest stars
Ed Faulkner ................... Bud McPhater
Ken Curtis .................... Tom Strickland
Natalie Norwick ............... Jody Strickland
Chuck Roberson
Walker Edmiston
A diptheria scare keeps Paladin, his prisoner, and other travelers from advancing along route.

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