Have Gun - Will Travel
summary
After fighting in the Civil War, a quick and smart gunslinger-for-hire places an ad outside a San Francisco hotel, ready to take care of business whenever there is someone in need. He prefers to settle scores peacefully. That is not always possible.
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Set in the years following the Civil War, Have Gun – Will Travel centers on Paladin, a cultured but formidable gunslinger-for-hire portrayed by Richard Boone. Operating out of San Francisco’s Hotel Carlton, Paladin brings intelligence, refinement, and a genuine preference for peaceful solutions to the dangerous jobs he takes on—though conflict often finds him anyway.
The series also features memorable recurring characters who round out Paladin’s world, including Hey Boy, played by Kam Tong, a loyal hotel attendant who frequently brings Paladin new assignments, and Hey Girl, portrayed by Lisa Lu, who appears throughout the show’s early seasons. Their presence highlights the Hotel Carlton as both a base of operations and a cultural hub that contrasts sharply with the harsher frontier setting Paladin travels through.
Blending thoughtful storytelling with Western action, the series remains a standout of the genre—elevated by Boone’s compelling performance and the show’s unique mix of sophistication, moral complexity, and frontier adventure.
