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Running about 25 minutes each, these 39 episodes are consistently good and economically plotted, since Have Gun boasted stellar talent on both sides of the camera. Each episode began with the memorable theme by legendary film composer Bernard Herrmann, and most of the first season was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, who worked regularly on Gunsmoke, Rawhide, and Perry Mason before graduating to a prolific big-screen career. Regular writers included Gene Roddenberry (who created Star Trek six years later), and budding maverick Sam Peckinpah co-wrote episode #22, "The Singer." In addition to series regular Kam Tong as Paladin's Chinese-American manservant Hey Boy (a "Coolie" stereotype, but Tong handles it with dignity, especially in "Hey Boy's Revenge"), Have Gun offered a who's-who of 1950s and '60s guest stars, from genre stalwarts like Victor McLaglen (Andrew's father), John Carradine, Strother Martin, and R.G. Armstrong, to promising newcomers like Angie Dickinson, Warren Oates, and Charles Bronson (the last starring in "The Outlaw," one of the season's finest episodes). Each episode is accompanied by background information and guest-star profiles, and while picture quality is quite good overall, the audio quality suffers from a low-level mix with noticeable hiss from aged source materials. Fortunately, this won't prevent anyone from enjoying a first-rate TV series that thrived for another five seasons, until cancellation in 1963. --Jeff Shannon
| ACTORS: | Richard Boone |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Box set |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 6 |
| UPC: | 097368752344 |
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Customer Reviews of Have Gun Will Travel - The Complete First Season
Have Gun - Will Travel Great Paladin flick. Brings the early days of adult westerns to life. Have Gun - Will Travel will take you back to the early San Francisco barbary coast westerns. Richard Boone has a style and poise that are extremely realistic. Takes you back to yeaster year. Great pick.
Quality Still Shows - As Does Talent
Pretty much everything that needs to be said about Paladin's story has been said here - except his origin episode, available but not on this DVD. You need to see this. Not to give anything away, but he is a lot more than you think he is..
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>Second, though Paladin might quote Browning or Pliny to some local yokels who look at each other wondering who this consarned dude in black is talking about, the thing I like about his lifestyle is the way he consorts (and I use that word correctly) with some of the ladies of Old San Francisco at his suite in the Hotel Carlton. In one episode, he is escorting a lady down the stairs who is obviously still adjusting her clothing and whom he does NOT walk to the door: pretty daring stuff for 1957 TV! In the same episode, Paladin whispers something into the ear of a particularly attractive woman who appears to either be a (term again used advisedly..)mulatto or asian. Believe me, no other 1950's western "hero" EVER talked to a woman who wasn't white, and especially not whispering something which made her giggle. Then again, she's coming down the same staircase...perhaps a menage?
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>At the very same time, Paladin is a complete gentleman: he always doffs his hat in the presence of a lady, even if he is the only one to do so. And he never talks down to Hey Boy either, who is in a way his assistant (and associate).
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>Boone was likely the best actor in the complete era of the Cowboy TV Show. There were up-and-comers (Steve McQueen, Gene Barry, Hugh O'Brien, Wayde Preston) and guys who had already been there (Guy Madison, Roy Rogers, Jock Mahoney, Scott Brady). But on acting talent, Boone had 'em all covered every time.
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>The Paladin character is a one-of-a-kind: there has never been another like him, and praise be there hasn't been some hackneyed "remake" of Paladin starring some young Hollypunk either. Buy this upon my guarantee that you will like it. But be warned: Paladin sells no wolf tickets - when he threatens, he follows through. He likes talking lovingly about his weapons...and never denies he is a hired gun. Thus, he may be the only "bad guy" to ever star in a successful cowboy TV series. And every episode begins with a spoken threat from him. Unique, no?
Have Gun still great
It's not just a nostalgic bent that enables us to enjoy "Have Gun." The show was not a typical shoot 'em up western with a little moral sometimes imbedded. But this series had wit and charm with an intelligent well-rounded, sometimes rascally, hero that was, I think, unique in its day and still enjoyable now.