Episode
Have Gun, Will Travel: The Hatchet Man
Overview
San Francisco hires Paladin to protect a Chinese detective.
Details
- Series
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 1960-03-05
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Hatchet Man is Episode 25 in Season 3 of Have Gun, Will Travel. It aired on 1960-03-05. The runtime is 30 min.
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