Have Gun Will Travel was a popular radio and tv western in the late fifties and early sixties.John Dehner plays the hired gun Paladin, who lives in a swanky hotel in San Francisco and hires out to people truly in need of help or protection. 

Two great Gunsmoke episodes for your enjoyment.

In 1931 the San Bernandino County Sun published an earlier interview they had done with Wyatt Earp, the subject being safe gun handling. This is that articl;e.

Follopwed by two Gunsmoke episodes. Enjoy!

Long As I Live-Doc has been shot and Marshall Dillon is forced to operate on him to save his life

Ugly- Bruno Thayer is ugly- so ugly that the townsfolk of Dodge form a mob to save his life. Marshall Dillon stands in the way.

William Conrad stars at Matt Dillon, Sheriff of Dodge, in the great radio western that made a successful transition to tv where it enjoyed 17 years.

Horad McNear, who you might recognize as the barber on The Andy griffith show, plays Doc.

Belljoy's Prisoner- Kimble has to teach Belljoy's daughter whille serving as a "trusty" on a trumped-up robbery charge.

The Well-A "Cattleman vs homesteader" feud takes a back seat to the savinbg a little girl who has fallen into an air-poisoned well

Annie Oakley-An attention-starved woman claims her husband was killed by their neighbor in a fight for their affections

No Sale-Gangsters try to force the sale of the Longbranch but Miss Kitty stands up to them

Sweet and Sour- Matt and Chester convince a hesitant Kitty to hire a flirtatious Rena Decker as a hostess at the Long Branch. Violenec follows when the new girl pushes her admirers to fight for her affections.

Snake Bite-  Two men arrive in Dodge and meanly shoot a dog.  One of the men is found soon after shot in the back. 

John Dehner, Virgina Gregg, and other great radio personalities combine with some pretty good stories to bring the story of the Frontier Gentleman to radio.

Kite's Reward- Matt Dillion confiscates the gun of Andy Travis after he kills a man in self-defense thinking noone would challenge an unarmed man to a gunfight. The action provesd to be costly.

The Trial- Judge Stokes arrives in Dodge to settle a killing and a $10,000 robbery and chooses to settle the matter in an unusual way