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Starring Richard Boone as Paladin
Season 5 (CBS) (1961-62)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Sal Crisanti, 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)

5.01 [156] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE VIGIL
16Sep61
guest stars
Mary Fickett .................. Adella Forsyth
George Kennedy ................ Deke
Dan Stafford .................. Reamer
Traveling through the winter mountains, Paladin and a naive,
prissy nurse encounter two prospectors who may have murdered their partner.

5.02 [157] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE EDUCATION OF SARA JANE
23Sep61
guest stars
Jena Engstrom ................. Sarah Jane Darrow
Duane Eddy .................... Carter Whitney
On the trail, Paladin stumbles into a deadly feud between
rival "clans," and plays peacemaker between a young man and
woman on opposite sides.
Note - Guitarist Duane Eddy who appeared in this episode,
also had a hit record with his verson of the end theme
music called "The Ballad of Paladin" (RCA) in 1962.

5.03 [158] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE REVENGER
30Sep61
guest stars
Anthony Caruso ................ Solomon
Rayford Barnes ................ Jelly Wilson
Janet Lake .................... Mrs. Turner
Russell Arms .................. Major Ralph Turner
Shug Fisher ................... Altman
Harry Carey, Jr. .............. Sheriff Conlon
Tom Conway
Bud Osborne
A Mexican bandito and compadres force Paladin to decide which
stagecoach passenger must die.

5.04 [159] Have Gun - Will Travel: ODDS FOR A BIG RED
7Oct61
Guest Cast:
Richard Ney ............. Guy Fremont
Hope Holiday ............ Big Red
Virginia Capers ......... Ada
Ollie O'Toole ........... Corey
Robert Karnes ........... Vern Potter
Perry Cook .............. Ernie
Synopsis:
In search of a killer, Paladin visits Big Red's Roundup, a
saloon where his quarry hangs out. He's there - and in the
ensuing showdown Big Red, the lady saloonkeeper, is seriously wounded. [RF]

5.05 [160] Have Gun - Will Travel: A PROOF OF LOVE
14Oct61
Guest Cast:
Charles Bronson ............... Henry Grey
George Kennedy ................ Rud Saxon
Shirley O'Hara ................ Mrs. Grey
Chana Eden .................... Callie
Jack Marshal .................. Musician
Momma's-boy hires Paladin to retrieve his peppy, Greek
mail-order bride from a man in the neighbor- hood who's stolen her away.
   
5.06 [161] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE GOSPEL SINGER
21Oct61
Guest Cast:
Suzi Carnell .................. Melissa Griffin
John McLiam ................... Mayor Harper
Ed Peck ....................... Sims
Noah Keen ..................... Harry Durbin
Brad Weston ................... Will Durbin
Roy Engel ..................... Barber
Synopsis:
The citizens of Bugbear are on a cleanup campaign. They've
changed the name of the town to Elysium, and called in Paladin
to help clear out the undesirables. [RF]

5.07 [162] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE RACE
28Oct61
Ben Johnson ................... Sam Crabbe
Michael Pate .................. Tamasun
Stewart East
Paladin switches sides, and represents a downtrodden
Indians in a two-man, no-holds-barred, winner-take-all horserace.

5.08 [163] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE HANGING OF AARON GIBBS
4Nov61
guest stars
Rupert Crosse ................. Aaron Gibbs
Odetta ........................ Sarah Gibbs
Barry Cahill .................. Perrell
Ed Faulkner ................... Harden
Hal Needham ................... Turner
Roy Barcroft .................. Marshal
Stewart East .................. Mullaney
Peggy Rea ..................... Widow
A destitute black woman wants a chance to say a last goodbye
to her condemned husband, and the take body home for burial.

5.09 [164] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE PIANO
11Nov61
guest stars
Keith Andes ................... Franz Lister
Antoinette Bower .............. Sybil
Richard Reeves ................ Jerris
Gertrude Flynn ................ Mona
Arny Freeman .................. Freddie
Erin Leigh .................... Girl
(no synopsis)

5.10 [165] Have Gun - Will Travel: BEN JALISCO  
18Nov61 CBS
DIRECTED BY ANDREW V. MCLAGLEN.
WRITTEN BY HARRY JULIAN FINK.
Guest Cast:
Charles Bronson ............... Ben Jalisco
Coleen Gray ................... Lucy Jalisco
John Litel .................... Sheriff Armstedder
Chuck Roberson ................ Carly
Rick Silver ................... Will Tay
Lane Chandler ................. John Tay
An escaped murderer seeks revenge against his wife who
informed on him, and the man who brought him to justice -- Paladin.

5.11 [166] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE BROTHERS
25Nov61
guest stars
Buddy Ebsen ................... Bram Holden
Paul Hartman .................. Possum Corbin
Stewart East .................. Rider
Peggy Stewart ................. Edna Raleigh
Edward Faulkner
Hal Needham
Paladin kidnaps a murderer from an outlaw town he rules, and
treks across the desert with him, meeting an nutty old man in a covered wagon.

5.12 [167] Have Gun - Will Travel: A DROP OF BLOOD
2Dec61
guest stars
Martin Gabel .................. Nathan Shotness
Roxane Berard ................. Rivka Shotness
Mike Kellin ................... Raivel Melamed
Regina Gleason ................ Viola
Noah Keen ..................... Billy Buckstone
Red Morgan .................... Frank
Milton Selzer ................. Rabbi Reb Elya
(no synopsis)

5.13 [168] Have Gun - Will Travel: A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
9Dec61
guest stars
Hans Conried .................. Don Esteban Caloca
Robert Carricart .............. Dirty Dog
Dolores Donlon ................ Dukinea Caloca
Wright King ................... Alessandro Caloca
(no synopsis)

5.14 [169] Have Gun - Will Travel: BLIND CIRCLE
16Dec61
guest stars
Susan Davis ................... Sarah Allison
Hank Patterson ................ Jess Larker
Ellen Atterbury ............... Mrs. Madison
Harrison Lewis ................ Simpson
Bob Jellison .................. Parsons
Gerald Gordon
Cattlemen want to clean up their act, hire Paladin to
stop their employee -- an eccentric, aging killer of cattle rustlers -- from killing again.

5.15 [170] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE KID
23-Dec-1961 CBS Sat
Written by Joanne Court
Directed by Eliot Silverstein
Guest Cast:
Flip Mark ............. Silver Strike
Jacques Aubuchon ...... Moriarity
Roy Engel ............. Bartender
Eleanor Audley ........ School Teacher
Ollie O'Toole ......... Barber
Edmund Cobb........... .Miner
Synopsis:
Paladin is tricked in a poker game and he has to take care of the wildest kid in the West for a whole month. Now, he must
fight to clean him up, teach him to be civilized and get him to school...over the objections of his murderous father. [JB]

5.16 [171] Have Gun - Will Travel: SQUATTER'S RIGHTS
31-Dec-1961 CBS sAT (Rerun 3Aug63)
Guest Cast:
Warren Stevens ................ Costigan
Robert J. Stevenson ........... Clemenceau
Natalie Norwick ............... Mrs. Clemenceau
Carlos Romero ................. Quintos
Sandy Kenyon .................. Jeb Turner
Hal Needham ................... Simms
Warren Joslin ................. Gurdy
Synopsis:
To pay off a Civil War debt of honor, Paladin agrees to help a ruthless land baron drive off a squatter
and wife from his land.

5.17 [172] Have Gun - Will Travel: JUSTICE IN HELL
6Jan62
guest stars
Strother Martin ............... Boise Peabody
Dabbs Greer ................... Doc Halop
Chris Alcaide ................. Big Fontana
L.Q. Jones .................... Little Fontana
Gaylord Cavellero
Gerald Gordon
A psychopathic killer is protected by a town occupied solely
by outlaws, and Paladin risks his life in a rigged "trial" to get his man.

5.18 [173] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE MARK OF CAIN
13Jan62
guest stars
Betsy Hale .................... Anne Marie
Don Beddoe .................... Wagner
William Schallert ............. Burchfield
Alan Carney ................... Teague
John Alderson ................. Doggett
Larry Brightman
(no synopsis)

5.19 [174] Have Gun - Will Travel: LAZARUS
20Jan62
guest stars
Phil Coolidge ................. Dr. Avatar
Roy Barcroft .................. Jake Trueblood
Iphigenie Castiglioni ......... Pina
Olive Carey ................... Old Woman
An eccentric town weakling who erroneously believes he's
terminally ill kills the town bully (since - he thinks -
he has nothing to lose); Paladin helps him deal with the mix-up.

5.20 [175] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE EXILES
27Jan62
guest stars
Gerald Price .................. General Ortega
Jay Novello ................... Count Casares
Vivi Janiss ................... Countess Casares
Richard Bermudez .............. Lupo
Bob Hopkins ................... Crocker
Joan Tabor
(no synopsis)

5.21 [176] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE HUNT
3Feb62
guest stars
Leonid Kinskey ................ Prince Radachev
Joan Elan ..................... Vanessa Stuart
Hank Patterson ................ Jesse
Edward Faulkner ............... Lieutenant Brager
John Mitchum
A bored Russian prince wants to hunt a human animal, and nominates Paladin.

5.22 [177] Have Gun - Will Travel: DREAM GIRL
10Feb62
guest stars
Hal Needham ................... Buddy
Peggy Ann Garner .............. Ginger
Joseph Dimmitt ................ Jeweler
Fred Hakim .................... Becket
Chuck Couch ................... Saddlemaker
A naive gold miner aims to wed a long-lost, venal bar-girl;
it's up to Paladin to protect his money and show him the truth.

5.23 [178] Have Gun - Will Travel: ONE, TWO, THREE
17Feb62
guest stars
Robert F. Simon ............... Samuel H. Keel
Jack Elam ..................... Arnold Shoffner
Lloyd Corrigan ................ Carl Wellsley
Eve McVeagh ................... Katherine
Barbara Pepper
Dorothy Dells
William Woodson
Dean Smith
An eccentric astrologer hires Paladin to find a potential
$500,000 lottery winner, but his three leads get mysteriously
killed, one after another, right under Paladin's nose.

5.24 [179] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE WAITING ROOM
24Feb62
guest stars
James Griffith ................ Dave Wilder
Dean Stanton .................. Slim Wilder
George Cisar .................. Marshal
Byron Foulger ................. Undertaker
While escorting two murderous brothers on the trip to their
hanging, Paladin wonders which of the strangers they meet will try to kill him.

5.25 [180] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE TRAP
3Mar62
guest stars
Jeanette Nolan ................ Jeri Marcus
Frank Sutton .................. Davey Walsh
Crahan Denton ................. Marshal Jim Buell
Ed Peck ....................... Roy Bissell
Paladin stops at an inn on a dark and stormy night, and
encounters a worried female innkeeper, a nervous marshal,
and his help-me-I-didn't-do-it prisoner.

5.26 [181] Have Gun - Will Travel: DON'T SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
10Mar62
guest stars
George Kennedy ................ Big Jim
James Callahan ................ Albert
Fintan Meyler ................. Emily Eubanks
Virginia Gregg ................ Nellie
Mike Mazurki .................. Jo Jo
A poet hires Paladin to rescue her missing fiancé from the
seamy underbelly of San Francisco.

5.27 [182] Have Gun - Will Travel: ALICE
17Mar62
guest stars
Jena Engstrom ................. Maya
Jeanette Nolan ................ Alice
Richard Shannon ............... Morgan
Mary Gregory
William Stevens
Perry Cook
The educated daughter of a missing female bar-owner hires
Paladin to take her to her mother's town.

5.28 [183] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE MAN WHO STRUCK MOONSHINE
24Mar62
guest stars
William Conrad ................ Moses Kadish
Phyllis Avery ................. Sylvia
Paladin comes upon an isolated man trying to beat alcoholism,
but unfortunately his water-well produces whiskey instead of H2O.

5.29 [184] Have Gun - Will Travel: SILENT DEATH
31Mar62
guest stars
Robert Emhardt ................ Hodges
John Holland .................. Courtney Burgess
Michael Pate .................. Indian Chief
(no synopsis)

5.30 [185] Have Gun - Will Travel: HOBSON'S CHOICE
(a drama on Alfred Nobel)
7Apr62
guest stars
Milton Selzer ................. Alfred Nobel
Parley Baer ................... Sam Thurber
Ollie O'Toole ................. Drunk
Olan Soule .................... Mr. Cartwright
Titus Moede ................... Thurber's Helper
Harrison Lewis ................ Barber
Jan Peters .................... Carriage Maker
Shawn Michaels ................ Husband
Paladin must find and transport the inventor Alfred Nobel's
latest discovery out of San Francisco -- a missing case of nitroglycerine.

5.31 [186] Have Gun - Will Travel: COMING OF THE TIGER
14Apr62
guest stars
Marc Marno .................... Minoro
Teru Shimada .................. Takura
James Hong .................... Priest
Fuji .......................... Samurai
Bob Okazaki ................... Osata
Beulah Quo .................... Mrs. Osata
Setsukuo Yamaji ............... Sikara Osata
Gerald Milton ................. Sam
William Wellman, Jr. .......... Billy
A Japanese priest and a samurai warrior are coming to America,
to foment discontent among Japanese immigrants; Paladin must
intercept and neutralize them.

5.32 [187] Have Gun - Will Travel: DARWIN'S MAN
21Apr62
guest stars
Kent Smith .................... Avery Coombs
Richard Rust .................. Jayce Coombs
Buzz Martin ................... Tully Coombs
Bud Osborne
An aging rancher pits his two sons against each other in a
deadly "survival encounter"; one flees, hires Paladin to prevent tragedy.

5.33 [188] Have Gun - Will Travel: INVASION
28Apr62
guest stars
Robert Gist ................... Gavin O'Shea
Lew Brown ..................... Michael Mahoney
Douglas Lambert ............... Danny Mahoney
Roy Roberts ................... Sheriff
Robert Gibbons ................ Official
Vicki Benet ................... Woman
(no synopsis)

5.34 [189] Have Gun - Will Travel: CREAM OF THE JEST
5May62
guest stars
Stanley Adams ................. Caleb Musgrove
Jeff Davis (1960s) ............ Blessington
Catherine McLeod .............. Nora
Naomi Stevens ................. Mrs. Kafka
Peter Brocco
(no synopsis)

5.35 [190] Have Gun - Will Travel: BANDIT
12May62
guest stars
Natalie Norwick ............... Sandy
Robert Adler .................. Sheriff
Charles Couch ................. Earl
Bob Woodward .................. Floyd
Jerry Gatlin
Hal Needham
A scrappy female outlaw warms up to Paladin.

5.36 [191] Have Gun - Will Travel: PANDORA'S BOX
19May62
guest stars
Martin West ................... Billy Joe
Lorna Thayer .................. Hanna
Ken Curtis .................... Laski
Lewis Martin .................. Official
Mary Munday ................... Decora
Robert J. Stevenson ........... Woody
Jamie Brothers ................ Jon
(no synopsis)

5.37 [192] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE JONAH
26May62
guest stars
Crahan Denton ................. Carl Soddenberg
Richard Shannon ............... Dr. Weiser
Harry Carey, Jr. .............. Ben Murdock
Dorothy Dells ................. Mary Murdock
(no synopsis)

5.38 [193] Have Gun - Will Travel: THE KNIGHT
2Jun62
guest stars
Jay Novello ................... Otto von Albrecht
Will Corey .................... Carl Frome
Charles Kuenstle .............. Waco
Jean Inness ................... Pegine
(no synopsis)

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