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Have Gun - Will Travel

Professional gunfighter Paladin was a West Point graduate who, after the Civil War, settled into San Francisco's Hotel Carlton, where he awaited responses to his business card: over the picture of a chess knight is written "Have Gun, Will Travel...Wire Paladin, San Francisco."

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Richard Boone
Paladin
Kam Tong
Hey Boy
Hal Needham
Brawler

Season 6 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Genesis

Sat, Sep 15, 196230 mins

Paladin is assaulted in his room at the Hotel Carlton. In a furious fight, he beats down his attacker, Roderick Jefferson. The young man, it turns out, had gambling debts he couldn't repay; the holder of his gambling IOUs wanted Jefferson to kill Paladin. This spurs Paladin to tell Jefferson of a similar occurrence -- involving himself 10 years earlier. As that story unfolds, we learn that Paladin (whose real name we're never told) owed $15,000 to Norge. Paladin's only way out was to go to a valley, entirely owned by Norge, to challenge the mysterious Smoke to a duel. Smoke, a dying gunman, had been nursed to health by the residents of Norge's valley. Paladin is to challenge Smoke to a duel. Smoke's dress is familiar: all black with a symbol of a knight's chess piece on the holster. In short, we're told how Paladin became Paladin.

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Awards

  • 1959 - Primetime Emmy - Best Western Series - nominated
  • 1959 - Primetime Emmy - Best Actor in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series - nominated
  • 1960 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support) - nominated
  • 1958 - Primetime Emmy - Best Cinematography for Television - nominated

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