HAVE GUN - WILL TRAVEL "High Wire" 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 8th the series, Boone is travelling back to San Francisco by stagecoach. The stage stops at a small town to change horses and grab some grub. In the local saloon, Strother Martin, a down on his luck circus act is doing tumbles and rolls trying to get the stage fare together.
Local bigwig, John Dehner and his pet gun, Buddy Baer are having a few laughs at the expense of Martin. Soon there is a bet on the table over whether Martin can walk a high wire over a local ravine. Boone puts up the 3000 bucks saying that Martin can do the deed. Dehner bets the opposite. He also hires local bar girl, Fay Spain to ply Martin with whiskey before the high walk attempt. Needless to say there are several cons going on here at the same time.
You need to watch to find out who is doing what to whom.
This is an interesting episode that is not quite what one would expect from the series.
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 8th the series, Boone is travelling back to San Francisco by stagecoach. The stage stops at a small town to change horses and grab some grub. In the local saloon, Strother Martin, a down on his luck circus act is doing tumbles and rolls trying to get the stage fare together.
Local bigwig, John Dehner and his pet gun, Buddy Baer are having a few laughs at the expense of Martin. Soon there is a bet on the table over whether Martin can walk a high wire over a local ravine. Boone puts up the 3000 bucks saying that Martin can do the deed. Dehner bets the opposite. He also hires local bar girl, Fay Spain to ply Martin with whiskey before the high walk attempt. Needless to say there are several cons going on here at the same time.
You need to watch to find out who is doing what to whom.
This is an interesting episode that is not quite what one would expect from the series.