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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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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Here is some trivia you may not know . . .,
By Steve Oxford (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Have Gun Will Travel: Season 1 (DVD)
The first season of HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL is a gem. Unlike the rest of the seasons, the first season was more western. Future seasons played more for drama in a western setting. Here, cattle rustlers, land grabbers and vengeful saloon women are at their worst. "Hey Boy's Revenge" which is included with this set was voted by TV GUIDE as one of the 100 best TV shows ever filmed. "The Great Mojave Chase" is unique in that the central character is a camel. In "The O'Hare Story," you'll see Andrew McLaglen's father play a lead. Andy was the director of more HGWT episodes than any other director. In "The Return of Dr. Thackeray," Johnny Western plays the role of a young punk who tries to out duel Paladin and gets wounded in the arm. Western would compose a musical "thank you" card which later became the theme song. One slight notice - the theme song "Ballad of Paladin" was the closing theme beginning with the second season. A few episodes in this pack have that closing theme which means some are not initial airings (the theme was included in the closing credits meant they are summer reruns after the second season but who's picky?) One recommendation: buy THE HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL COMPANION by Les Rayburn and Martin Grams on Amazon.com here, it'll give you TONS of trivia like I mentioned above, and makes a great companion piece with the DVD seasons. Besides, this box set doesn't give this kind of trivia - so you have to buy the book AND the gift set.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic Western with Boone firmly in control,
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This review is from: Have Gun Will Travel: Season 1 (DVD)
Richard Boone was one of the most natural actors ever to grace the screen. Good guys, bad guys, he did them all with such a grace and ease that he made it seem so effortless. Paladin was a product of the post-Civil War. A West Point Graduate, he was an educated man, a man who appreciated literature, opera, culture. So it was not surprising he settled in San Franscisco after the war. Though a man of refinement, he made his living by hiring his gun out to those in need. He passed his little cards around - "Have Gun, Will Travel. Wire Paladin, San Fransisco" and waited for clients to find him. While a cultured man, he was just as comfortable in the deadly knight errant persona, the man in black. Boone excelled at making you believe both sides could exist within one man. While he was a hired gun, he often spent more time talking to people making them listen to reason. A loved all these Westerns. Have enjoyed the reruns on TVLand, Starz Westerns, and the Hallmark Channel. But so many of the old Westerns don't hold up well. I was surprised how well Rawhide and Have Gun, Will Travel hold their quality. So these are a super addition to any video maven's collection. Sadly, I don't think Boone ever got the true recognition his talent deserved, but those of us who appreciated him can now watch his talent shine.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best TV Western series from the era,
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This review is from: Have Gun Will Travel: Season 1 (DVD)
Most Westerns from the late 1950s and early 1960s, were full of details that are out of time. For example, women's hair-dos and makeup were often quite modern. Have Gun-Will Travel is not free of this nonsense, but you can see the extra effort they made to be accurate by observing the foreground and background objects instead of focusing on the action. The right curtains are on the window, the right dishes and silverware are on the table, and the extras wore clothing made out of the appropriate fabric. And, it doesn't stop there - When Paladin reads a note in Chinese, he reads it top to bottom, right to left. When he reloads his belt with fresh ammunition, he examines each bullet as if his life depends on it (you know the rest). Also, they often got out of the two-dimensional constraints of the studio and shot on location, which helps a lot with the suspension of disbelief. Being very modern for its time helps it hold up almost as well as Gunsmoke and Wanted - Dead or Alive. Mr. Boone is better than this role, but I am very glad that he took the part. If you weren't a fan of the series when it originally aired, this might not turn you into one, but if you were a fan (as I was) this is a whole bunch of fun!The extras consist almost entirely of mini-bios for the secondary characters. I would have appreciated more.
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