Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Have Gun Will Travel" - "They Told Me You Were Dead" (03-27-60)

Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Have Gun Will Travel"
"They Told Me You Were Dead" (Aired March 27, 1960)

Paladin's routine switch from the expensive light-colored suit of his genteel urbane persona in San Francisco to his alter ego who wears all-black attire for quests into the lawless and barren Western frontier is also a chess reference. Paladin was a former Army officer and a graduate of the West Point Military Academy. He was a polyglot, capable of speaking any foreign tongue required by the plot. He also had a thorough knowledge of ancient history and classical literature, and he exhibited a strong passion for legal principles and the rule of law. Paladin was also a world traveler. His exploits had included an 1857 visit to India, where he had won the respect of the natives as a hunter of man-eating tigers.

THIS EPISODE:

March 27, 1960. CBS network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "They Told Me You Were Dead". Ellen Stoneham, Paladin's love during the war, calls him to ask for help recovering her sons from the Indians. John Dehner, Ben Wright, Virginia Gregg, Lou Krugman, James Nusser, Lillian Buyeff, Bartlett Robinson, Ralph Moody, Sam Rolfe (creator), Herb Meadow (creator), Hugh Douglas (announcer), Frank Paris (producer, director), Tom Hanley (writer, sound effects), Bill James (sound effects). 25:10. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.