The Restless Gun (1957)
The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a wandering cowboy in the era after the American Civil War. A skilled gunfighter, Bonner is an idealistic person who prefers peaceful resolutions of conflict wherever possible. He is gregarious, intelligent, and public-spirited. The half-hour black-and-white program aired seventy-eight episodes. Jeanne Bates appeared in varying roles with Payne in five episodes of The Restless Gun. The Restless Gun theme song begins: "I ride with the wind, my eyes on the sun, and my hand on my restless gun..." The song composer is probably Paul Dunlap, credited as the primary series composer, but could have been contributed to by either of the two other series composers, Dave Kahn and Stanley Wilson, also. Two versions are currently posted on YouTube, but neither posting lists any composer or performance credits.
The Restless Gun: Season 1 - 39 Episode s
1x1 - Duel at Lockwood
September 23, 1957
Vint Bonner meets an elderly woman who asks him to do something about her grandson. The young man has already killed two men and vowed to add Vint Bonner to the list.
1x2 - Trail to Sunset
September 30, 1957
1x3 - Revenge at Harness Creek
October 7, 1957
When the man's hotheaded younger brother is killed in self defense, Vint fears that his sheriff friend is too bent on revenge to bring the man who killed him back alive.
1x4 - Rink
October 14, 1957
1x5 - Jenny
October 21, 1957
1x6 - The Shooting of Jett King
October 28, 1957
1x7 - Jody
November 4, 1957
1x8 - General Gilford's Widow
November 11, 1957
1x9 - The New Sheriff
November 18, 1957
1x10 - Man and Boy
November 25, 1957
1x11 - Cheyenne Express
December 2, 1957
1x12 - Thicker Than Water
December 9, 1957
1x13 - Silver Threads
December 16, 1957
1x14 - The Child
December 23, 1957
1x15 - The Gold Buckle
December 30, 1957
Bonner and two strangers trail a pair of killers. Kit: Roy Roberts. Lex: Claude Akins. Bonner: John Payne. Emily: Madge Blake.
1x16 - The Coward
January 6, 1958
1x17 - Friend in Need
January 13, 1958
1x18 - Strange Family in Town
January 20, 1958
1x19 - Hang and Be Damned
January 27, 1958
1x20 - Quiet City
February 3, 1958
1x21 - Hornitas Town
February 10, 1958
1x22 - Imposter For A Day
February 17, 1958
1x23 - A Pressing Engagement
February 24, 1958
1x24 - The Woman from Sacramento
March 3, 1958
1x25 - Sheriff Billy
March 10, 1958
1x26 - The Hand is Quicker
March 17, 1958
1x27 - The Suffragette
March 24, 1958
Emma Birch has organized the women of the town into a determined suffragette group; the men rebel and attempt to put the women in their place. Bonner becomes the reluctant mediator between the two groups.
1x28 - The Whip
March 31, 1958
1x29 - The Crisis at Easter Creek
April 7, 1958
1x30 - Aunt Emma
April 14, 1958
Vint Bonner is wounded while trying to track down the Drake brothers. His elderly aunt nurses him back to health and tries to prevent him from going back after the Drakes when he has recovered.
1x31 - The Outlander
April 21, 1958
Vint arrives in Prairie City, Kansas to visit friends and find that it has been taken over by a band of renegade Civil War veterans from Texas. They are lead by a man called Colonel Bromley.
1x32 - The Battle of Tower Rock
April 28, 1958
1x33 - The Torn Flag
May 5, 1958
1x34 - Hiram Grover's Strike
May 12, 1958
1x35 - The Gold Star
May 19, 1958
1x36 - More Than Kin
May 26, 1958
1x37 - The Manhunters
June 2, 1958
1x38 - The Peddler
June 9, 1958
1x39 - Gratitude
June 16, 1958
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