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HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "The Boss"

Episode 64 aired February 7, 1960 on CBS Radio. A visit to Alder Bend, Colorado, for a job with Ira Stokes, a horse and wife beater out to own the town. The Have Gun – Will Travel radio show broadcast 106 episodes between November 23, 1958 and November 27, 1960. It was one of the last radio dramas featuring continuing characters and one of only a handful of American radio adaptation of a television series. John Dehner (a regular on the radio series version of Gunsmoke) played Paladin, and Ben Wright usually (but not always) played Hey Boy. Virginia Gregg played Miss Wong, Hey Boy's girlfriend, before the television series featured the character of Hey Girl. Unlike the small-screen version, in this medium there was usually a tag scene at the Carlton at both the beginning and the end of the episode. Initially, the episodes were adaptations of the television program as broadcast earlier the same week, but eventually original stories were produced, including a finale (a.k.a. "From Here to Boston", "Inheritance", and "Goodbye, Paladin") in which Paladin leaves San Francisco, perhaps forever, to claim an inheritance back east. The radio version was written by producer/writer Roy Winsor.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "All That Glitters"

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series starring Richard Boone was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons, and it is one of the few shows in television history to spawn a successful radio version. That radio series starring John Dehner debuted November 23, 1958, more than a year after the premiere of its televised counterpart.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Love Birds"

Episode 41 aired on CBS Radio August 30, 1959. John Dehner as Paladin. The 106 episode radio series was created by Sam Rolfe & Herb Meadow . It aired November 23, 1958 to November 22, 1960. Paladin 'Gun For Hire' lived in & worked out of the Carleton Hotel, in 1875 San Francisco. During many episodes Paladin was in conversation with the Carleton Hotel's Chinese bell hop, 'Hey-Boy' played by Ben Wright. Virginia Gregg as Hey-Boy's girlfriend. Have Gun Will Travel was one of those very rare programs which began as a top rated television show on CBS TV from 1957 thru 1963, starring Richard Boone, successfully moving to CBS Radio with Dehner in the lead role.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Bonanza"

The Have Gun Will Travel radio show broadcast 106 episodes on the CBS Radio Network between November 23, 1958, and November 27, 1960. It was one of the last radio dramas featuring continuing characters and one of only a handful of American radio adaptation of a television series. John Dehner (a regular on the radio series version of Gunsmoke) played Paladin, and Ben Wright usually (but not always) played Hey Boy. Virginia Gregg played Miss Wong, Hey Boy's girlfriend, before the television series featured the character of Hey Girl. Unlike the small-screen version, in this medium there was usually a tag scene at the Carlton at both the beginning and the end of the episode. Initially, the episodes were adaptations of the television program as broadcast earlier the same week, but eventually original stories were produced, including a finale (a.k.a. "From Here to Boston", "Inheritance", and "Goodbye, Paladin") in which Paladin leaves San Francisco, perhaps forever, to claim an inheritance back east. The radio version was written by producer/writer Roy Winsor. Episode 40 aired on CBS Radio August 23, 1959. Stars: John Dehner (Paladin), Ben Wright (Heyboy), Virginia Gregg (Miss. Wong) Producer: Norman MacDonnell, Writer: Frank Paris.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Finn Alley"

Episode 38 aired August 9, 1959 on CBS Radio. One of radio and TV's most successful Westerns told of the hired gun Paladin, who plied his trade in 19th-century San Francisco with a calling card ('Have Gun, Will Travel...') that hid the compelling loner's cultured manner. When he wasn't eating fine food, engaged in polite conversation and dressed impeccably, he was an intimidating gunman dressed in black, striking out for the frontier and ready to kill if necessary. He was, as the theme song put it, 'a knight without armor in a savage land.'

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "High Wire"

Episode 37 aired August 2, 1959 on CBS Radio. John Dehner as Paladin plays the sportsman, reluctantly for once, in an effort to reunite a fallen circus performer with his dignity.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "The Wager"

Episode 36 aired July 26, 1959 on CBS Radio. A wealthy patron's request for Paladin's guardianship may end differently than expected with gambling involved--gambling with the highest of stakes. John Dehner stars.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Deliver The Body"

Episode 35 aired on July 19, 1959. Paladin (Played by John Dehner) applies the U.S. Constitution to criminal law in the West when he fights for Habeas Corpus, the right to counsel in defense, and jury trial by peers for a man accused of killing twice with an outmoded cap-and-ball pistol.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Young Gun"

Episode 34 aired on CBS Radio July 12, 1959. John Dehner stars as Paladin. Calvert fenced the Lake off in Benedict, Wyoming.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Comanche"

Episode 33 aired July 5, 1959 on CBS Radio. John Dehner as Paladin who is hired to find a U.S. Army corporal, who is a deserter and the son of a general. Paladin must travel into Indian territory as he seeks the corporal. Along the way, Paladin encounters a soldier he knew from his own time in the Army. It turns out the corporal is part of the 7th Calvary, and is part of the command of George Custer.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Homecoming"

\Episode aired on CBS Radio June 28, 1959. Ed Stacey is a a man wrongly jailed for two years who has returned home to an unwelcome reception. John Dehner as Paladin.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "North Fork"

Episode 31 aired on CBS Radio June 21, 1959. John Dehner stars as Paladin protects the Mennonite community in North Fork from a townspeople determined to drive them out.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "e030 Bitter Wine"

Episode 30 aired June 14, 1959 on CBS Radio. Paladin is hired to settle an issue between a vineyard owner and a neighboring oilman. The smoke and runoff from the oil well are damaging the grapes of the award-winning vintner. Starring John Dehner (Paladin) , Ben Wright (Heyboy) , Virginia Gregg (Miss. Wong). With Blanche Hawkins, Lawrence Dobkin and Waldo Epperson. Writers Ken Kolb and John Dawson. Producer was Norman MacDonnell.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Roped"

Episode 20 aired Jun 7, 1959 on CBS Radio Network. Dirk and Agnes are professional horse thieves who need Paladin to keep them from being hanged. This is after knocking him unconscious and tying him up. Good grief how does Paladin get out of this? Stay tuned.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Rance Carnival"

Have Gun Will Travel radio series broadcast 106 episodes on the CBS Radio Network between November 23, 1958, and November 27, 1960. This Christmas episode aired December 20, 1959 on CBS Radio. Ranse Carnival has broken out of jail, robbed a payroll shipment that Paladin was guarding, and shot a man in cold blood.

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HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Blind Courage"

Episode 78 aired May 31, 1959 on CBS Radio. Paladin is hired by a wealthy man named Sutherland. He wants to learn how to shoot, however Sutherland is blind.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "In An Evil Time"

Episode 27 aired on CBS Radio May 24, 1959. Paladin is hired to bring to justice the legendary Pappy French, a bank robber with a hidden $50,000 somewhere.

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Lady Kane The Silver Queen"

May 17, 1959 episode 026 Lady Kane eThe Silver Queen aired on CBS Radio. In a suspicious turn of events a beautiful lady receives a half-ownership in a silver mine. The series broadcast 106 episodes between November 23, 1958, and November 27, 1960. It was one of the last radio dramas featuring continuing characters and the only significant American radio adaptation of a television series. John Dehner (a regular on the radio series version of Gunsmoke) played Paladin, and Ben Wright usually (but not always) played Hey Boy. Virginia Gregg played Miss Wong, Hey Boy's girlfriend, before the television series featured the character of Hey Girl. Unlike the small-screen version, in this medium there was usually a tag scene at the Carlton at both the beginning and the end of the episode. Initially, the episodes were adaptations of the television program as broadcast earlier the same week, but eventually original stories were produced.