Episode
Have Gun, Will Travel: Cream of the Jest
Overview
Paladin tries to stay one step ahead of a prankster who may be on the point of playing one prank too many.
Details
- Series
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 34
- Air date
- 1962-05-05
Episode context
Cream of the Jest is Episode 34 in Season 5 of Have Gun, Will Travel. It aired on 1962-05-05.
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