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(1958)

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Have Jade, Will Travel
zsenorsock20 March 2007
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Hey Boy gets a little more to do in this episode as his Uncle is robbed of his money and a precious jade chess set. Paladin goes after the thieves, in a trail that leads to Montana and a boarding house run by Mrs. Warren (Jeanette Nolan) and her hotty daughter Nancy (Lisa Gaye).

Kam Tong uses his extra screen time much better than he does in the episode "Hey Boy's Revenge". We learn more about his family and the fact he's a pretty decent chess player.

Dan Blocker makes a fine villain, while Corey Allen shows as Chuck Anderson why he gave up acting and turned to directing. He's no Patrick Wayne, but he's close.

At one point in the episode, Nancy takes Paladin's hidden derringer out of his gun belt and hides it for him in a bread basket. However, she has no way of knowing the derringer was there in the first place--unless her walk in the moonlight with Paladin got more frisky than we are lead to believe.

Once Paladin does get the derringer, he makes a pretty amazing shot with it, killing a man way across two rooms--not easy with a weapon designed for short range use. But hey, he's Paladin, right?
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8/10
Last house in Montana whodunit
hudecha11 September 2018
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A very uncommon sort of whodunit story for Paladin, in the unlikely location of a boarding-house lost in the deep recesses of Montana. The plot is quite skillful in the way it drives our suspicions a certain way and manages suspense. As to the comic touch, Paladin makes a demonstration of his gourmet abilities in this unexpected setting where he meets an equally unexpected talented self-made chef. The way he is handled for her own purposes by the not so naive local ingenue is quite pleasant as well. The cocky young local fellow is slightly too unpleasant to justify her attraction towards him, but that is a necessary element in the plot.
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