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.
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Episodes
- 1 1. The Hill of Death1959-06-22Vint 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 hav
- 2 2. Dragon for a Day1958-09-29
- 3 3. Mercyday1958-10-06
- 4 4. Thunder Valley1958-10-13
- 5 5. The Nowhere Kid1958-10-20
- 6 6. Bonner's Squaw1958-11-03Bonner 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 Runni
- 7 7. Tomboy1958-11-10
- 8 8. Remember the Dead1958-11-17
- 9 9. No Way to Kill1958-11-24
- 10 10. Take Me Home
- 11 11. Multiply One Boy1958-12-08
- 12 12. Peligroso1958-12-15
- 13 13. A Bell for Santo Domingo
- 14 14. The Way Back
- 15 15. The Painted Beauty1959-01-05
- 16 16. Shadow of a Gunfighter1959-01-12
- 17 17. The Lady and the Gun1959-01-19
- 18 18. Blood of Courage
- 19 19. Better Than A Cannon
- 20 20. The Dead Ringer1959-02-16Vint is deliberately framed for a bank robbery and murder.
- 21 21. The Last Grey Man1959-02-23
- 22 22. Melany1959-03-02
- 23 23. Ricochet
- 24 24. Dead Man's Hand
- 25 25. The Sweet Sisters1959-03-23
- 26 26. Incident at Bluefield1959-03-30
- 27 27. The Pawn1959-04-06An 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
- 28 28. Four Lives1959-04-13
- 29 29. One on the House1959-04-20
- 30 30. Code for a Killer1959-04-27Vint 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
- 31 31. Mme. Brimstone1959-05-04
- 32 32. Lady by Law1959-05-11
- 33 33. Ride with the Devil1959-05-18Bonner 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
- 34 34. A Trial for Jenny May1959-05-25After 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.
- 35 35. The Cavis Boy1959-06-01
- 36 36. The Englishman1959-06-08
- 37 37. A Very Special Investigator1959-06-15
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