The Restless Gun(1957)
Western
First Air Date: 1957-09-23
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 4.4
Votes: 5
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 76
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.
Keywords
texaswild west19th century
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Season 1
Episodes: 39E01
Duel at Lockwood
Air Date: 1957-09-23
Vint Bonner meets an elderly woman who asks him to do something about her grandson. The young man has already killed ...
E02
Trail to Sunset
Air Date: 1957-09-30
After promising a seriously wounded outlaw that he will get him to town alive to stand trial, Bonner meets five men, ...
E03
Revenge at Harness Creek
Air Date: 1957-10-07
When the man's hotheaded younger brother is killed in self defense, Vint fears that his sheriff friend is too bent on...
E04
Rink
Air Date: 1957-10-14
No episode overview available.
E05
Jenny
Air Date: 1957-10-21
Bonner finds a wounded man on the road, and brings him to the house of a an embittered woman who lives alone. He prom...
E06
The Shooting of Jett King
Air Date: 1957-10-28
No episode overview available.
E07
Jody
Air Date: 1957-11-04
No episode overview available.
E08
General Gilford's Widow
Air Date: 1957-11-11
No episode overview available.
E09
The New Sheriff
Air Date: 1957-11-18
No episode overview available.
E10
Man and Boy
Air Date: 1957-11-25
No episode overview available.
E11
Cheyenne Express
Air Date: 1957-12-02
No episode overview available.
E12
Thicker Than Water
Air Date: 1957-12-09
No episode overview available.
E13
Silver Threads
Air Date: 1957-12-16
No episode overview available.
E14
The Child
Air Date: 1957-12-23
No episode overview available.
E15
The Gold Buckle
Air Date: 1957-12-30
Bonner and two strangers trail a pair of killers. Kit: Roy Roberts. Lex: Claude Akins. Bonner: John Payne. Emily: Mad...
E16
The Coward
Air Date: 1958-01-06
No episode overview available.
E17
Friend in Need
Air Date: 1958-01-13
No episode overview available.
E18
Strange Family in Town
Air Date: 1958-01-20
A Quaker family encounters prejudice, hostility, and harassment from the residents of the closest town, who mistake t...
E19
Hang and Be Damned
Air Date: 1958-01-27
No episode overview available.
E20
Quiet City
Air Date: 1958-02-03
No episode overview available.
E21
Hornitas Town
Air Date: 1958-02-10
No episode overview available.
E22
Imposter For A Day
Air Date: 1958-02-17
No episode overview available.
E23
A Pressing Engagement
Air Date: 1958-02-24
No episode overview available.
E24
The Woman from Sacramento
Air Date: 1958-03-03
No episode overview available.
E25
Sheriff Billy
Air Date: 1958-03-10
No episode overview available.
E26
The Hand is Quicker
Air Date: 1958-03-17
No episode overview available.
E27
The Suffragette
Air Date: 1958-03-24
Emma Birch has organized the women of the town into a determined suffragette group; the men rebel and attempt to put ...
E28
The Whip
Air Date: 1958-03-31
No episode overview available.
E29
The Crisis at Easter Creek
Air Date: 1958-04-07
No episode overview available.
E30
Aunt Emma
Air Date: 1958-04-14
Vint Bonner is wounded while trying to track down the Drake brothers. His elderly aunt nurses him back to health and ...
E31
The Outlander
Air Date: 1958-04-21
Vint arrives in Prairie City, Kansas to visit friends and find that it has been taken over by a band of renegade Civi...
E32
The Battle of Tower Rock
Air Date: 1958-04-28
No episode overview available.
E33
The Torn Flag
Air Date: 1958-05-05
No episode overview available.
E34
Hiram Grover's Strike
Air Date: 1958-05-12
No episode overview available.
E35
The Gold Star
Air Date: 1958-05-19
No episode overview available.
E36
More Than Kin
Air Date: 1958-05-26
No episode overview available.
E37
The Manhunters
Air Date: 1958-06-02
No episode overview available.
E38
The Peddler
Air Date: 1958-06-09
No episode overview available.
E39
Gratitude
Air Date: 1958-06-16
No episode overview available.
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