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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0097368885820
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 03, 2006
Running Time: 848 minutes
Sales Rank: 58778
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 14, 1957
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Improved ratings, superior writing and prestigious guest stars make the third season of Have Gun--Will Travel the best in the series' six-year history. Here we see all of the show's popular elements reaching peak efficiency, with series star Richard Boone perfecting his role as Paladin, the high-class San Francisco-based "soldier of fortune" who, for $1,000, will take on any job, no matter how dangerous, with his trademark panache and impeccable skills as a gunslinger, wild west philosopher, and lightning rod for a wide variety of moral and ethical quandaries. Along with veteran series directors Andrew V. McLaglen and actress-turned-director Ida Lupino, Boone would also direct some of this season's finest episodes as he continued to use his star leverage to refine the show's already proven quality. Given the daunting challenge of a third consecutive season of 39 half-hour episodes (beginning with episode #79, the excellent "First, Catch a Tiger" on September 12, 1959, and concluding with episode #117, "The Search," on June 18, 1960), it's amazing how each episode retains a distinct identity in terms of plot, character, and overall tone. While cinematographer Stuart Thompson successfully maintained visual variety within standard limitations of budget, location, and recycled sets, Paladin's third-season exploits ranged from conventional mercenary assignments (like transporting prisoners) to more unusual outings like "The Ledge" (a somewhat surreal test-of-courage fable) and "The Lady on the Wall" (ep. #101), a haunting spin on the "The Picture of Dorian Gray" written by future Twilight Zone regulars Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson.
Ongoing connections between Have Gun and Star Trek can be found in several fine episodes written by Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (the best being "Les Girls," "Charley Red Dog," and "The Golden Toad") and/or featuring guest stars who would later appear in Roddenberry's sci-fi series. Other noteworthy talents appearing here include James Coburn, Strother Martin, Patrick Wayne, and Werner Klemperer (who would later star as Col. Klink in Hogan's Heroes, in addition to a wide variety of TV stalwarts from the '40s, '50s and '60s. (Vigilant credit-watchers will also notice veteran stunt coordinator Hal Needham, sometime credited as "Harold," appearing in a few of these episodes.) As with the first two Have Gun DVD sets, these episodes vary considerably in terms of sound and image quality, since many of the transfers were taken from 16-millimeter syndication prints that betray their age with scratches and soundtrack hiss. Overall, however, these DVDs revive a great show with adequate or (in some cases) near-pristine quality, and Boone's jovial, intelligent, and agelessly macho presence remains a major attraction, all these decades later. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description:
Professional gunfighter Paladin (Richard Boone) was a West Pointe graduate who, after the Civil War, settled into San Francisco's Hotel Carlton where he awaited responses to his business card: over the picture of a chess knight "Have Gun - Will Travel... Wire Paladin, San Francisco."
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Takes you to the time when TV was worth watching. Gotta like Paladin and Hey Boy! Good product and it works well with big screen tv too.
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I enjoy the westerns of my childhood. As in my title these shows are better than today's shows. they have a Class that is sorely lacking in modern TV and Movies.
Charles
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All 3 seasons are great, but so far (I'm only 1/3 of the way through Season 3) the theme song is at the end of every episode in this season. This wasn't the case on Season 1, & I don't think it was on every episode in the Season 2 set either. I wish the commercials "of the day" were on there too, as I truly enjoy the step back in time. Other than that, I've enjoyed watching every season's episodes. It's a real treat seeing such a great show again, & it's been so long since I last saw HGWT ... Read More
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Have Gun Will Travel is a classic. What television could be and isn't. My son and I have enjoyed all three seasons and just wish there were more in production.
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Seasons 1, 2, and 3 were released in 2004, 2005, and 2006 respectively. By now season 5 should be out. CBS, please continue Have Gun Will Travel on DVD, or license the rights to a company that will.
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