Though he tended to operate outside and sometimes above the law, Paladin was scrupulously honest, adhering to a rigid code of honor. On the job, Paladin ritualistically dressed in black, his pearl-handled revolvers ever at the ready. Wire Paladin, San Francisco' (the card was, of course, embossed with the image of a chess knight, or paladin). But whenever his professional services were called upon by a potential client, Paladin would slap on leather and issue forth his famous business card: 'Have Gun, Will Travel. Headquartered at the Hotel Carlton in San Francisco, the college-educated Paladin spent his leisure hours pursuing the finer things in life: gourmet food, vintage wines, classical music, the best literature.and, of course, the most beautiful women on the West Coast. One of the best and most fondly remembered of the classic black-and-white adult Westerns, Have Gun, Will Travel starred Richard Boone as a gunslinger for hire who traveled under the name of Paladin.
