HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL "A Matter of Ethics" 1957
HAVE GUN – WILL TRAVEL was a Western series that ran on television between 1957 and 1963. The series was very popular and was always in the top ten of the television ratings. The series ran for a total of 225 episodes. Richard Boone headlines as "Paladin", a gun for hire, if the cause is right. Working out of San Francisco, Boone places ads in newspapers offering his services. $1,000 and he is your man. While handy with a gun or fists, he tries to settle the problem without violence. (Not very successfully as a general rule)
In this episode, the fifth of the series, Boone gets himself hired to protect a man from a lynch mob. Boone agrees to make sure that suspected murderer, Harold J Stone, makes it to court alive. All this Boone says he will do for a partly 200 dollars in gold.
Boone moves himself, Stone, and a small carpet bag in with the town Sheriff, Roy Barcroft. He grabs a cot in the office and spells the Sheriff and his Deputy, Steve Terrell on guard detail. The townsfolk are pretty riled up as the man murdered was unarmed, and popular. Stirring the pot here is a dark haired and drop dead gorgeous, Angie Dickinson. It was the brother of Dickinson who was murdered by Stone. Equally upset with Stone is Dickinson's father, Willis Bouchey. Bouchey though wants the matter settled in court. Also in the mix is, Strother Martin as Stone's lawyer.
Boone finds himself needing to use his fists to try and keep several of the local yokels quiet. This only works for so long and a mob is soon pounding on the jail house door. Boone now pulls out the small carpet bag he had arrived with. Just as the jail house door busts open, Boone pulls out a bundle of dynamite and lights the fuse. The mob takes one look at this and breaks up pronto like. After the mob flees, Boone pulls out the fuse.
While the Sheriff and the Deputy are out rounding up the ringleaders, Boone hears noise from behind the jail house. It seems that Stone has had several of his pals stage a jail break. They have used their horses to pull out the iron bars in the window. Stone is just wiggling his way out as Boone turns the corner. Guns are quickly drawn and the used, with Boone dropping Stone's pals for the count.
Boone grabs up Stone and hustles him back inside the jail. The next day, Boone delivers Stone to the courthouse for trial as he said he would. A date with a long fall and a short rope appear to be in Stone's future. Miss Dickinson has by now realized that her anger had gotten the best of her. She apologizes to Boone.
Also in the cast are John Mitchum and Theo Marcuse.
The episode is again directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. McLaglen would direct over 100 episodes of the series.
Nice to see Miss Dickinson with dark hair, it makes her look all the more sultry.
A pretty good episode.
HAVE GUN – WILL TRAVEL was a Western series that ran on television between 1957 and 1963. The series was very popular and was always in the top ten of the television ratings. The series ran for a total of 225 episodes. Richard Boone headlines as "Paladin", a gun for hire, if the cause is right. Working out of San Francisco, Boone places ads in newspapers offering his services. $1,000 and he is your man. While handy with a gun or fists, he tries to settle the problem without violence. (Not very successfully as a general rule)
In this episode, the fifth of the series, Boone gets himself hired to protect a man from a lynch mob. Boone agrees to make sure that suspected murderer, Harold J Stone, makes it to court alive. All this Boone says he will do for a partly 200 dollars in gold.
Boone moves himself, Stone, and a small carpet bag in with the town Sheriff, Roy Barcroft. He grabs a cot in the office and spells the Sheriff and his Deputy, Steve Terrell on guard detail. The townsfolk are pretty riled up as the man murdered was unarmed, and popular. Stirring the pot here is a dark haired and drop dead gorgeous, Angie Dickinson. It was the brother of Dickinson who was murdered by Stone. Equally upset with Stone is Dickinson's father, Willis Bouchey. Bouchey though wants the matter settled in court. Also in the mix is, Strother Martin as Stone's lawyer.
Boone finds himself needing to use his fists to try and keep several of the local yokels quiet. This only works for so long and a mob is soon pounding on the jail house door. Boone now pulls out the small carpet bag he had arrived with. Just as the jail house door busts open, Boone pulls out a bundle of dynamite and lights the fuse. The mob takes one look at this and breaks up pronto like. After the mob flees, Boone pulls out the fuse.
While the Sheriff and the Deputy are out rounding up the ringleaders, Boone hears noise from behind the jail house. It seems that Stone has had several of his pals stage a jail break. They have used their horses to pull out the iron bars in the window. Stone is just wiggling his way out as Boone turns the corner. Guns are quickly drawn and the used, with Boone dropping Stone's pals for the count.
Boone grabs up Stone and hustles him back inside the jail. The next day, Boone delivers Stone to the courthouse for trial as he said he would. A date with a long fall and a short rope appear to be in Stone's future. Miss Dickinson has by now realized that her anger had gotten the best of her. She apologizes to Boone.
Also in the cast are John Mitchum and Theo Marcuse.
The episode is again directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. McLaglen would direct over 100 episodes of the series.
Nice to see Miss Dickinson with dark hair, it makes her look all the more sultry.
A pretty good episode.