Have Gun Will Travel (Complete 1st Season) (1957)

Product Summary Publisher: Paramount Format: DVD UPC: 00097368752344 Buy.com Sku: 40238792 Item#: VWK9DM Buy.com Sales Rank: 387 Category Keywords: Classic  Classic Television  Heroes  Mercenaries  Recommended  Series  Television/TV Series  Vintage  Rating: NR     Features: DVD   Have Gun Will Travel Wire Paladin, San Francisco. It's the statement on a business card, adorned with a chess-piece knight, that heralds the professional services of Paladin (Richard Boone) in this wildly popular Western series from the Golden Age of television. Based at the Hotel Carlton in San Francisco, and assisted by his manservant Hey Boy (Kam Tong), Paladin is an intelligent yet mysterious loner as well as a man of many talents, including detective, bodyguard, courier, sleuth, and bounty hunter. When the situation is desparate, Paladin is the man to wire. This premiere season of Have Gun - Will Travel showcases both Boone and such guest stars as Jack Lord, Charles Bronson, Angie Dickenson, Claude Akins, Strother Martin, Mike Connors and June Lockhart in a keleidoscope of thrilling, action-packed adventures featuring the heroic man in black!   Editor's Note Richard Boone will remain an eternal icon of cool for his portrayal of the black-clad mercenary Paladin in the 1950s television western HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL. Equally adept at firing guns or quoting Shakespeare, the intelligent and principled gun-for-hire ventured from his San Francisco base to right the world's wrongs like an errant frontier knight with a chess-piece calling card. This collection includes all 39 episodes of the cult favorite's first season, which included special guest appearances by Jack Lord, Charles Bronson, Angie Dickinson, Claude Akins, Strother Martin, Mike Connors, and June Lockhart.   Features Audio: English, Spanish Dolby Digital Mono Behind-The-Scenes Episodic Information Cast Biographies Interactive Menus Production Notes Scene Selection   Technical Info Release Information Studio: Paramount Release Date: 5/2/2006 Running Time: 399 minutes Original Release Date: 1957 Catalog ID: 875234 UPC: 00097368752344 Number of Discs: 6 Audio & Video Original Language: English Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English Available Subtitles: Spanish Video: B&W Aspect Ratio Pan and Scan (TV Format)  1.33:1 [4:3]   Cast & Crew Kam Tong Richard Boone    Product Image

I had never seen this show (being born in 1972), but I got it for my mom for her birthday. She loved it as a child. After a few episodes, I see why. It is a classic tv western with a twist. All of the shows end in surprising ways. It is cleverly written and very much "before its' time". Richard Boone is excellent as Palidin, a man seeking to make world a better place. He is a true gentleman and western hero. Two thumbs up for Have Gun, Will Travel. It's a great investment!
 
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