Have Gun, Will Travel: Season 3
The third season of Have Gun – Will Travel originally aired Saturdays at 9:30-10:00 pm on CBS from September 12, 1959 to June 18, 1960. The Region 1 DVD was released on January 3, 2006.
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
The third season of Have Gun – Will Travel originally aired Saturdays at 9:30-10:00 pm on CBS from September 12, 1959 to June 18, 1960.
The Region 1 DVD was released on January 3, 2006.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
First, Catch a Tiger
Sep 12, 1959
Two of the three men who brought in and helped to hang an outlaw have been killed by an assassin. The third man, Paladin, is staying at a hotel where one of the guests is the kille
Episode in Laredo
Sep 19, 1959 · 30 min
Kovak is reserving the entire hotel in Laredo, Texas for Sam Tuttle, a famous unbeatable gunfighter. After Paladin is forced to kill Kovak, Tuttle must challenge Paladin in order t
Les Girls
Sep 26, 1959 · 30 min
Paladin is hired to deliver three mail-order brides to Bend-In-The-River.
The Posse
Oct 3, 1959 · 30 min
Paladin stops to ask a stranger for directions and is invited to share his campsite. Later, when a posse arrives, the man announces that Paladin is the murderer they have been look
Shot by Request
Oct 10, 1959 · 30 min
Ainslee is a well-dressed, middle-aged gentleman and a reluctant gunfighter. He hires Paladin for a very strange task.
Pancho
Oct 24, 1959 · 30 min
Mexican rancher Don Luis Ortega hires Paladin to escort his daughter across the border into the United States. However a peon from her father's ranch is determined to stop them and
Fragile
Oct 31, 1959 · 30 min
Paladin is hired by the owner of ""The Frenchman's"" restaurant to take a plate glass window to the town of Panamint, a wild gold-mining town.
The Unforgiven
Nov 7, 1959 · 30 min
Retired and wealthy General Crommer is dying. He asks Padadin, who holds an old grudge against him, to do him a favor. He asks him to take a message of forgiveness to another man w
The Black Handkerchief
Nov 14, 1959 · 30 min
A young man convicted of murder is scheduled for execution, and Paladin attempts to intervene before it's too late.
The Golden Toad
Nov 21, 1959 · 30 min
Paladin is drawn into a dispute between a male farmer and a female cattle rancher, with a fortune in buried treasure at stake.
Tiger
Nov 28, 1959 · 30 min
Ellsworth believes he has had an old tiger curse put on him and that a tiger is coming to kill him. He hires Paladin to protect him from the tiger.
Champagne Safari
Dec 5, 1959 · 30 min
An old friend of Paladin's requests his help after a family member is killed in an Indian raid.
Charley Red Dog
Dec 12, 1959 · 30 min
The town of Santa Maria, New Mexico is in need of a new town marshal, and one man, Charley Red Dog, is out to get the job. However, he may not survive unless Paladin lends a hand.
The Naked Gun
Dec 19, 1959 · 30 min
While in Oregon, Paladin makes a new friend, Monk, who he helps get out of a group of unruly herders.
One Came Back
Dec 26, 1959 · 30 min
When his five-year prison term for crimes committed during the Civil War is up, Ben Harvey is eager to return to his hometown of Gila. Harvey hires Paladin to keep him protected on
The Prophet
Jan 2, 1960 · 30 min
The Army asks Paladin to find an Army colonel who disappeared with his Apache wife. There are rumors of an Army officer working with the Apaches and inciting them to war. Paladin i
Day of the Badman
Jan 9, 1960 · 30 min
Cynthia Palmer hires Paladin to clean up the town of Cedar Wells and get a gang out. She also wants him to send her schoolteacher nephew named Laredo back east. Paladin decides he
The Pledge
Jan 16, 1960 · 30 min
Ike Brennan hires Paladin to escort him through Indian country in order to exchange goods for his wife who is being held hostage by the Indians.
Jenny
Jan 23, 1960 · 30 min
Jenny Lake goes to Paladin for help to ward off Wilson, a suitor who is pursuing her. But when Jenny disappears, Paladin must follow a trail to find her.
Return to Fort Benjamin
Jan 30, 1960 · 30 min
Paladin is hired to help an Indian chief whose son is awaiting execution by the U.S. Army. The chief wants Paladin to bring his body back following the execution to ensure he has a
The Night the Town Died
Feb 6, 1960 · 30 min
Aaron Bell is on the warpath to bring his brother's lynchers to justice. Paladin is hired to protect a town from Bell.
The Ledge
Feb 13, 1960 · 30 min
Richard Boone as Paladin is on the road with 4 others when a man in the distance yells to them and then falls off a ledge in an 'impossible to get to space.' John Hoyt plays a doc
The Lady on the Wall
Feb 20, 1960 · 30 min
Paladin is accused of stealing a painting in the small town of Bonanza.
The Misguided Father
Feb 27, 1960 · 30 min
An old friend of Paladin is shot and killed in Paladin's hotel room. After returning the body for burial, Paladin sets out to find the killer.
The Hatchet Man
Mar 5, 1960 · 30 min
San Francisco hires Paladin to protect a Chinese detective.
Fight at Adobe Wells
Mar 12, 1960 · 30 min
Paladin is hired to escort Jonathan Guilder through Indian country.
The Gladiators
Mar 19, 1960 · 30 min
Allison Windrom hires Paladin to stop her father and Graham Beckley from dueling.
Love of a Bad Woman
Mar 26, 1960 · 30 min
Tamsen Sommers is advertising for a husband, which presents a problem since she already has one. The husband hires Paladin to protect him from the men competing for the right to ma
An International Affair
Apr 2, 1960 · 30 min
A Hawaiian prince is killed in Paladin's hotel room and Paladin must find out why the prince was targeted.
Lady with a Gun
Apr 9, 1960 · 30 min
After she attempts to shoot Rudy Rossback and fails, Eve McIntosh offers Paladin $1,000 to kill him. After Paladin turns her down she hires another gunman.
Never Help the Devil
Apr 16, 1960 · 30 min
Doggie Kramer wins a gunfight, as the whole town he had been bullying watches, but ends up wounded. He needs Paladin to help him get out of town before the townspeople take their r
Ambush
Apr 23, 1960 · 30 min
Paladin is taking Blandings back to stand trial and stops at a ferry crossing. They are captured and held along with three others. Someone is coming and they are being held until h
Black Sheep
Apr 30, 1960 · 30 min
Ben Huttner is a fugitive wanted for manslaughter. He is also the illegitimate son of a very wealthy man and stands to inherit his five million dollar estate, but he must first com
Full Circle
May 14, 1960 · 30 min
A man who left Paladin to die in his place writes to Paladin and asks for his help.
The Twins
May 21, 1960 · 30 min
Adam Mirakian is wanted for a murder he claims his twin brother Sam committed. He hires Paladin to find his brother and clear his name. The only person who can tell them apart is A
The Campaign of Billy Banjo
May 28, 1960 · 30 min
Billy Banjo, a friend of Paladin, asks Paladin to help with a fair election.
Ransom
Jun 4, 1960
Paladin is hired to find Colonel Celine in order to get him to sign an important document.
The Trial
Jun 11, 1960 · 30 min
Paladin is hired by Morgan Gibbs to bring in his son, who is wanted for murder. There is a $500 dead or alive bounty on him and Morgan offers to pay Paladin $5000 to bring him in a
The Search
Jun 18, 1960 · 30 min
Mrs. Kilmer is dying and asks Paladin to find her missing son, Martin Kilmer. Edwards, a detective, managed to trace Martin as far as Harper City, where Edwards was then killed. Fr