Episode
Have Gun, Will Travel: Odds for Big Red
Overview
Paladin trails a killer and bank robber to a saloon but while trying to capture him, the saloon's owner, Big Red, is shot.
Details
- Series
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1961-10-07
Episode context
Odds for Big Red is Episode 4 in Season 5 of Have Gun, Will Travel. It aired on 1961-10-07.
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