“Have Gun — Will Travel” reads the card of a man. A knight without armor in a savage land. These words pretty much described the premise of the show: If you need help, you’d better hope someone hands you a business card with a picture of a chess piece on it, a white knight, and then do what it says. Wire Paladin, San Francisco. Expect a man to show up who’s well-dressed, usually in all black, and has a Colt at his hip. He’s played by Richard Boone, who is basically a fist in the form of a man.
Despite the name of the show, and the cards Paladin often hands out, he was a gentleman gunfighter, who usually tries to resolve issues without violence. Since it’s a Western TV show, however, he always had to do some violence before the episode ends. The show also demonstrated that Paladin was…
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