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The Protege

Episode Number: 45    Season Num: 2    First Aired: October 18, 1958    Prod Code: n/a
Paladin answers an ad in the paper by Kurt Sprague: "Teach me to quick draw and shoot. Instruction desperately needed. Will pay one thousand dollars. Only experts need apply." Kurt needs to learn in order to go back home. Paladin does a very good job. Only one problem: Kurt enjoys showing off his new found skill a little too much.

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Writer: Frank D. Gilroy
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Star: Richard Boone (Paladin)
Recurring Role: Olan Soule (Clerk)
Guest Star: Peter Breck (Kurt Sprague),  George Mitchell (Joe Sprague),  Mel Welles (Red Harper),  William Meigs (Sheriff),  Ken Mayer (Man),  Cy Malis (Bartender),  Charles Tannen (Floyd)

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Sprague: I did every thing you taught me.
Paladin: Everything except remember the most important thing I ever said to you... I told you to take that gun off, and forget it. (edit)

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Have Gun, Will Travel made a reference to "Gunsmoke" in this episode, mentioning Matt Dillon:
Paladin to gunman: The ad said only experts need apply.
gunman: I served with Matt Dillon in Austin. Does that make me expert enough?
Paladin: No, that makes you a fake. Dillon never served in Austin.
This is the only time "Gunsmoke" was mentioned in the series, both being on CBS and HGWT broadcast right before "Gunsmoke" on Saturday night. (edit)

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The Protege
"A very special episode"
Kurt Sprague just wants to live his life in peace and return home. He hires Paladin to teach him how to use a gun to rid himself and the town of Red Harper, the town bully and killer.
Continue » Posted Jul 20, 2007 10:35 am PST
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