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. The Hill of Death
1959-06-22
Vint and the boy Robby are fishing by the riverbank. Vint tells the boy that the gun is a tool and goes on to tell the story of his grandfather, Jebediah Bonner. Vint's parents have been killed and he is brought up by Dr. Ken Ludlow and his wife. Jebediah, a retired marshall, arrives on the stagecoach to visit with his grandson and is confronted in the saloon by Jim Kenyon who holds a grudge from 20 years ago when he believes that Jedediah had not given his father a fair chance when he had killed him. Joe is consumed by hatred and is determined to exact revenge. Young Vint sees and hears of his grandfather being bullied and doing nothing. Jebediah decides that he must gain respect in young Vint's eyes and an exciting conclusion is played out.
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2. Dragon for a Day
1958-09-29
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3. Mercyday
1958-10-06
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4. Thunder Valley
1958-10-13
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5. The Nowhere Kid
1958-10-20
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6. Bonner's Squaw
1958-11-03
Bonner persuades Chief Tashuka to honour the treaty with the white man by handing over two braves who are suspected of robbery. Unfortunately for Bonner, the chief's daughter Running Fawn takes a shine to Bonner and follows him to town. By Indian law Bonner is to marry the girl and reluctantly agrees to prevent a war. However when Bonner sees how beautiful Running Fawn is he uses an Indian custom to lose her to a brave.
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7. Tomboy
1958-11-10
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8. Remember the Dead
1958-11-17
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9. No Way to Kill
1958-11-24
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10. Take Me Home
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11. Multiply One Boy
1958-12-08
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12. Peligroso
1958-12-15
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13. A Bell for Santo Domingo
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14. The Way Back
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15. The Painted Beauty
1959-01-05
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16. Shadow of a Gunfighter
1959-01-12
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17. The Lady and the Gun
1959-01-19
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18. Blood of Courage
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19. Better Than A Cannon
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20. The Dead Ringer
1959-02-16
Vint is deliberately framed for a bank robbery and murder.
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21. The Last Grey Man
1959-02-23
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22. Melany
1959-03-02
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23. Ricochet
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24. Dead Man's Hand
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25. The Sweet Sisters
1959-03-23
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26. Incident at Bluefield
1959-03-30
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27. The Pawn
1959-04-06
An old friend of Vint's has been jailed after being caught with a band of rustlers, and is likely to be hanged if he doesn't tell where the other rustlers are. But he is unwilling to because he fears that his compatriots will harm his deaf-mute daughter if they think he's told on them.
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28. Four Lives
1959-04-13
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29. One on the House
1959-04-20
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30. Code for a Killer
1959-04-27
Vint Bonner arrives in the town of Toredo to be best man at his friend, Dave Regan's wedding. Vint soon discovers that Dave has been shot in the back and that the town, led by the new sheriff Ben Webster, are looking for his supposed killer, Vance Carter. It is left to Vint to find the truth and lay a trap for the real killer.
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31. Mme. Brimstone
1959-05-04
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32. Lady by Law
1959-05-11
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33. Ride with the Devil
1959-05-18
Bonner is sent for by Don Tomas Verdes, a Mexican ranch owner, to help him convince his son to stop riding with an outlaw gang. Bonner joins the outlaws to try and bring the boy to his senses.
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34. A Trial for Jenny May
1959-05-25
After Jenny May McElroy's husband was killed in a gunfight, no one in town would give her a job to support her children, except for the saloon owner, who hired her as a bookkeeper. Because of this some of the "proper" townspeople want to take her children and make them wards of the state.
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35. The Cavis Boy
1959-06-01
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36. The Englishman
1959-06-08
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37. A Very Special Investigator
1959-06-15