"Have Gun, Will Travel" stars John Dehner as Paladin a cultured and sophisticated gentleman with an eye for the ladies, a taste for gourmet food, wine, and cigars, and enough skill, nerve, and well-oiled artillery to make him a top-notch gunfighter. Headquartered at the fashionable Carleton Hotel in San Francisco, Paladin chooses to finance his luxurious lifestyle by being a combination go-between, negotiator, and hired gun - a white knight, as it were - for those who need such assistance. He relies on his brains as much as his nerve, frequently quotes Shakespeare, and makes his reputation by use of a distinctive business card that features the symbol of a white chess knight and reads, simply, "Have Gun, Will Travel. Wire Paladin, San Francisco."