Episode
Have Gun, Will Travel: The Fifth Man
Overview
Ben Talman, who has murdered 12 men, escaped from jail. He kills four men in Yucca Bend within one week. Paladin is hired to bring him in.
Details
- Series
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 36
- Air date
- 1959-05-30
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Fifth Man is Episode 36 in Season 2 of Have Gun, Will Travel. It aired on 1959-05-30. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 35: Homecoming
Wrongly convicted Ed Stacy, whom Paladin helped to put in prison, is being released after being pardoned. Will Stanhope, who runs the local freight office, hires Paladin to protect him from Stacy. Paladin soon wonders who is really in danger.
Episode 37: Heritage of Anger
Paladin is hired to protect the Avery family from Manuel Garcia. Garicia is a Mexican bandit who seems to have taken a special interest in their son.
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Paladin is hired to find a U.S. Army corporal, who is a deserter and the son of a general. Paladin must travel into Indian territory as he seeks the corporal. Along the way, Paladin encounters a soldier he knew from his own time in the Army. It turns out the corporal is part of the 7th Calvary, and is part of the command of George Custer.
Episode 38: The Haunted Trees
Ben Howard is disinherited in his father's will. When his father dies, Mrs. Sarah Howard takes over running the family's lumber company. She claims that Ben is sabotaging the work and scaring off the workers. Mrs. Howard hires Paladin to stop the problems and get rid of Ben.
Episode 33: The Sons of Aaron Murdock
Paladin becomes a bounty hunter when a rancher hires him to bring in his son, who's become a sadistic, vicious killer.
Episode 39: Gold and Brimstone
Paladin finds a sick old man and his son trying to protect their mine from claim jumpers. The old man is delirious and thinks that Paladin is the devil and has only offered to help in exchange for their souls.
Episode 32: The Return of Roy Carter
Roy Carter returns to help Paladin search the snow-covered mountains for a missing chaplain and an escaped convict.
Episode 31: The Man Who Lost
Paladin goes after a man who murdered a man and attacked the man's wife. The victim's two brothers are also after him and don't intend to allow him to live long enough to stand trial.
Episode 30: Alaska
Paladin play chess by mail with Boris, who is living in Alaska. Paladin receives what he assumes is Boris' next move but instead is a request for help. Boris is being forced out of territory he has hunted and trapped on for years. Paladin heads for Alaska to help.
Episode 29: The Chase
Paul Martin is a bank clerk accused of robbing the bank and killing a deputy. His wife hires Paladin to find her husband before the posse does.
Episode 28: Maggie O'Bannion
After being bushwhacked and having 'everything' taken, Paladin walks to the nearest ranch and manages to get hired on as a handyman.
Episode 27: Incident at Borrasca Bend
Arriving in a weird tent town to return money to a prospector, Paladin finds himself charged with the man's murder and tried by a kangaroo court.