"Have Gun Will Travel" was a half-hour television program which ran on the CBS television network from 1957 to 1963. It was a Western set in the period 1870 to 1890. Paladin is the assumed name of a man who lives in San Francisco where he is a gentleman and man about town. He takes jobs as a hired gun man and bodyguard. The title of the program comes from the business card which Paladin uses. The card has a chess knight logo on it and reads: "Have Gun Will Travel / Wire Paladin / San Francisco." This episode is titled "Pandora's Box" and was first broadcast on May 19, 1962. Paladin and his prisoner encounter a travelling saloon where they spend some time. The saloon's employees are friends of the outlaw and try to help him escape. The owner accepts some silver dollars from the outlaw and puts them in a flour container. Shown are some Morgan type silver dollars and some smaller coins.

The Hotel Carlton is Paladin's residence in the city. Paladin's guest is a high US government official who is addressed as the "Secretary."

The Secretary gives Paladin a photograph of his son and the son's current name, Billy Joe Lamont. He asks that Paladin arrest the son without publicity which would damage the Secretary's reputation. Paladin heads for the Eastern Sierra region and finds the son.

Paladin puts a pair of handcuffs on Billy Joe. They are near a creek and so is a large wagon.

Hanna's Six-Shot Saloon is a wagon fitted out as a travelling saloon. Hanna runs the place along with Decora, younger saloon girl, and a boy named Jon. A couple of customers are also in the area including a gambler. Hanna assigns Jon to take care of Paladin's horses and Paladin gives Jon a silver dollar.

It turns out that the saloon people like Billy Joe as he used to work for them.

Paladin tells the others that Billy Joe is a dangerous killer. Billy Joe wants some liquor and pays Hanna.

Hanna takes the silver dollars, goes behind the wagon, and puts them into a box of flour.

The first photo shows coins of various sizes.

The second photo shows a Morgan silver dollar, another large coin, and possibly a smaller Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Company motion picture prop coin.

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Hanna gives Paladin the liquor bottle and decides to give it to Billy Joe.

Billy Joe starts drinking and then goes to the wagon and locates Hanna's hiding place. Hanna discovers the robbery.

Billy Joe, now drunk, stabs Hanna with a knife and pulls out a revolver.

Paladin shoots Billy Joe who falls to the ground next to Hanna.

Hanna and Billy Joe and the silver dollars on the ground. Paladin tells the saloon people to bury the bodies and then leaves.

Richard Boone as Paladin
Lewis Martin as Secretary
Martin West as Billy Joe Lamont
Jamie Brothers as Jon
Lorna Thayer as Hanna
Mary Munday as Decora
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writers: Archie L. Tegland