Have Gun Will Travel: Season Four, Vol. 2

Kick Butt Review of the 4th Season
For anyone not aware, Season Four of HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL was the second best season of the series (following the superb Second Season). Frank Pierson was the producer, having recently replaced Sam Rolfe, the creator of the TV western. Rolfe came to blows with Richard Boone and conflict behind the camera led to Rolfe leaving the series and quitting on CBS. Pierson got along VERY well with Boone, allowing the actor to take control of the series (including directing a few episodes). Season Three was mildly weak as a result of Boone's insistence that each episode be filmed in two days instead of three, so he and actor Martin Gabel could play the starring leads in Norman Corwin's THE RIVALRY on Broadway. The season's filming had to conclude early in order for them to appear on schedule. With Season Four, there was no rush-job and each episode was made with care. In fact, at Boone's pleasure, the series became a text book example of how an actor can explore the character he played and you...

One Of TV's BEST. And I, for one, am VERY thankful that it is obtainable!
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Five stars! Five stars for what it is...

Five stars for the content. Five stars for the fine stories. Five stars for the clean, crisp pictures. Five stars for the clean, crisp sound. And five for the packaging.

Oh, and five stars to CBS/Paramount for producing this quality series on DVD.

If you paid out your hard-earned cash for the old Columbia House tapes, you'd be correct in your disdain for them--now there you're talkin' "overpriced" and "rip-off."

These new DVD releases ain't them!

Also, five stars for Amazon... because frequently (like today) they have very nice sales on some good DVDs (like "Have Gun-Will Travel").

Happy viewing(s) everyone! :-)

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The Thoughtful Western
Richard Boone was a thoughtful and serious actor, and so must have felt a great satisfaction in playing a 'thoughtful gunman' in the Old West.

Although Paladin often professed the desire to settle every situation without gun play if possible, his rivals in most shows didn't afford him that opportunity. Its a rare show that Paladin didn't have to shoot someone ... sometimes a few someones.

Despite many story corners having to be cut to fit these stories into a 30 minute format, each story is interesting and compelling, virtually always with a twist that keep them from being some of the many Western clichés.

Now that the series has been resurrected, generations who had no opportunity to appreciate this fine series in years past can now discover it for themselves. This is yet another example of how many television shows from the 50s and early 60s were far superior to most of what is filmed now.

The 4th season has some delightful episodes...

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