Have Gun – Will Travel
originally aired on CBS
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television 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. A radio series starring John Dehner debuted November 23, 1958, more than a year after the premiere of its televised counterpart. The series follows the adventures of a man calling himself "Paladin" (played by Boone) who travels around the Old West working as a gunfighter for hire.
This series follows the adventures of a man calling himself "Paladin" The television show was set in a time vaguely indicated to be some years after the American Civil War. The radio show announced the year of the story that followed in the opening of each episode.