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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097368752344
Format: Box set, Black & White, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 130
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: D875234D
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 11, 2004
Running Time: 1009 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 14, 1957
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Product Description:
Have Gun - Will Travel Wire Paladin San Francisco. It's the statement on a business card adorned with a chess-piece knight that heralds the professional services of Paladin (Richard Boone) in this wildly popular Western series from the Golden Age of television. Based at the Hotel Carlton in San Francisco and assisted by his manservant Hey Boy (Kam Tong) Paladin is an intelligent yet mysterious loner as well as a man of many talents including detective bodyguard courier sleuth and bounty hunter. When the situation is desparate Paladin is the man to wire. This premiere season of Have Gun - Will Travel showcases both Boone and such guest stars as Jack Lord Charles Bronson Angie Dickenson Claude Akins Strother Martin Mike Connors and June Lockhart in a keleidoscope of thrilling action-packed adventures featuring the heroic man in black!System Requirements: Running Time 1009 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368752344 Manufacturer No: 875234
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The first season of Have Gun--Will Travel makes it easy to see why this Western series was an overnight success. Making its debut on September 14, 1957, the half-hour show ranked no. 4 in the ratings for its entire first season, which ran almost completely uninterrupted (minus a one-week preemption) until June of 1958--a punishing schedule unheard of in present-day television. (It ranked even higher in subsequent seasons, holding the no. 3 spot, behind Gunsmoke and Wagon Train.) Richard Boone was perfectly cast in the lead role of Paladin, a cultured gunslinger whose West Point education, impeccable style, literate sophistication, and distinguished Civil War service made him unique among Western heroes, and the prototype for many dashing figures to follow. Based in San Francisco's ritzy Carlton Hotel, he scans newspapers to locate trouble throughout the wild West, then cagily markets his services (via his legendary calling card, "Have Gun--Will Travel") as a hired gun, moral arbiter, voice of reason, and reluctant killer of badmen. Understanding the complexities of frontier justice, Paladin (whose full name is never revealed) could turn on those who hired him if he suspected dubious motivations. He wore black, but he traveled in an ethical gray zone.
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
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I bought this for my son and he loves it. He tries to watch one or two episodes every night.
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This is as I remembered it as young boy watching these early TV series. With few exceptions (in today's TV fare) nothing can compare or compete with the early originals!
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Have Gun Will Travel is a saga that goes beyond the normal contrivances of western adventure series. For a 30 minute format it encompasses drama, romance, mystery and nail-biting tension with a mix of good humor thrown in for good measure. Richard Boone's skill at expressing charming good nature with tough grim-jawed determination when it's called for is stunning to watch. When you see him approach a situation with reason and aplomb and a willingness to be fair, and the situation turns vicious , ... Read More
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I love this series. I was so pleased when I saw it available on DVD. The filming was great for the time and the stories were well written & acted. Get this just to see some of your favorite stars at the start of their careers. Highly recommended.
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Have Gun Will Travel - The Complete Second Season
Very enjoyable & entertaining,I love the way that Palladin always wins in the end,despite getting into situations that you think he could never get out of,but he always wins through because he is smart,thinks things through and always gets the better of the Tough guy no matter how good they are!
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