The Restless Gun(1957)

Name: The Restless Gun
Genre: Western
Released: 1957-09-23
Rating: 4.4
Cast: John Payne

★ 4.4(5)30m76 episodesEnded

Western

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.

First aired:: 1957-09-23
Country:: US
Network:: NBC

Episodes

Season 1(39)Season 2(37)

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1. Duel at Lockwood
1957-09-23
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.
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2. Trail to Sunset
1957-09-30
After promising a seriously wounded outlaw that he will get him to town alive to stand trial, Bonner meets five men, including a doctor, who want to bring the man in. But then Bonner learns that the five have just taken part in a lynching, and he becomes concerned that they will do the same with this prisoner.
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3. Revenge at Harness Creek
1957-10-07 · 30m
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.
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4. Rink
1957-10-14
On the trail, Bonner meets a young boy who is looking to join his father. Bonner brings the boy to town, where the bank is robbed, and the sheriff kills one of the robbers---the boy's father.
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5. Jenny
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 promises her he won't tell about the man at her place, but he later learns that the man is a wanted outlaw.
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6. The Shooting of Jett King
1957-10-28
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7. Jody
1957-11-04
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8. General Gilford's Widow
1957-11-11
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9. The New Sheriff
1957-11-18
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10. Man and Boy
1957-11-25
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11. Cheyenne Express
1957-12-02
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12. Thicker Than Water
1957-12-09
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13. Silver Threads
1957-12-16
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14. The Child
1957-12-23
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15. The Gold Buckle
1957-12-30 · 30m
Bonner and two strangers trail a pair of killers. Kit: Roy Roberts. Lex: Claude Akins. Bonner: John Payne. Emily: Madge Blake.
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16. The Coward
1958-01-06
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17. Friend in Need
1958-01-13
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18. Strange Family in Town
1958-01-20
A Quaker family encounters prejudice, hostility, and harassment from the residents of the closest town, who mistake their pacifism for cowardice. They also encounter it from the rancher Bonner has come to do business with, though the man's wife feels differently.
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19. Hang and Be Damned
1958-01-27
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20. Quiet City
1958-02-03
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21. Hornitas Town
1958-02-10
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22. Imposter For A Day
1958-02-17
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23. A Pressing Engagement
1958-02-24
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24. The Woman from Sacramento
1958-03-03
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25. Sheriff Billy
1958-03-10
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26. The Hand is Quicker
1958-03-17
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27. The Suffragette
1958-03-24
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.
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28. The Whip
1958-03-31
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29. The Crisis at Easter Creek
1958-04-07
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30. Aunt Emma
1958-04-14
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.
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31. The Outlander
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 Civil War veterans from Texas. They are lead by a man called Colonel Bromley.
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32. The Battle of Tower Rock
1958-04-28
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33. The Torn Flag
1958-05-05
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34. Hiram Grover's Strike
1958-05-12
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35. The Gold Star
1958-05-19
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36. More Than Kin
1958-05-26
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37. The Manhunters
1958-06-02
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38. The Peddler
1958-06-09
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39. Gratitude
1958-06-16