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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097368877740
Format: Subtitled, Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 115
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: PARD887774D
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 10, 2005
Running Time: 993 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 14, 1957
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006 Run time: 993 minutes Rating: Nr
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Episode for episode, the second season of Have Gun, Will Travel (1958-59) is even better than the first. With a bona fide hit on their hands, CBS didn't mess with success, and these 39 episodes pushed ratings even higher with sharp direction (mostly by first-season veteran Andrew V. McLaglen), a wide variety of attention-grabbing plots, and intelligent, sensible dialogue. All of the first season's strengths are carried over, and while 41-year-old star Richard Boone (as the refined gunslinger-for-hire Paladin) is rarely given a serious test of his talents, he commands his role with depth, humor, and impressive displays of physical agility. (By comparison, series regular Kam Tong had almost nothing to do this season; he's relegated to routine duty as Paladin's Chinese hotel valet "Hey Boy.") Future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry hit his stride this season, writing nearly a dozen episodes including the playfully spooky "The Monster of Moon Ridge," and other contributors included novelist Irving Wallace and Bruce Geller, who would later create Mission: Impossible! And while McLaglen helmed the vast majority of episodes, Have Gun set a TV milestone when Ida Lupino (with "The Man Who Lost," featuring Jack Elam) became the first woman to direct for a TV Western series.
The "Wire Paladin" production notes provided with each episode are thoroughly researched, providing extensive guest-star credits and making wide-ranging connections between Have Gun and many other TV series, films, and serials of the '40s, '50s, and '60s, especially Roddenberry's Star Trek. Among the noteworthy guest stars are Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Bronson, Harry Morgan, Joseph Calleia, Harry Carey Jr., Suzanne Pleshette, Morey Amsterdam, Vincent Price, Edward Platt, and many stalwart character players from TV's golden age. The season starts well with "The Manhunter" (in which Paladin is forced to kill a young gunman and faces the wrath of his vengeful family), and Paladin's unique brand of frontier justice is memorably dispensed (along with generous quotes from Shakespeare, Milton, etc.) in such highlights as "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk" (with Bronson), "The Ballad of Oscar Wilde," "The Moor's Revenge" (with Price), "The Scorched Feather" (with Chaney) and several others. The opening credits are slightly modified as the season progresses, and Paladin's travels take him into the mountains (for some outdoor adventures late in the season) and even to Alaska, the series' most distant destination. Image quality suffers in later episodes (some mastered from vintage kinescopes or murky syndication prints), but the fact that all 39 episodes are fully intact is a blessing to anyone with fond recollections of this superior TV Western. --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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