The Restless Gun

September. 23,1957 TV-PG

Rating：

7.5

Genre：

Western

Keywords：

19th Century Texas Wild West

Trailer Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 2 : 1959

37 Episode

Episode 1 - The Hill of Death

June. 22,1959

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.

Episode 2 - Dragon for a Day

September. 29,1958

Episode 3 - Mercyday

October. 06,1958

Episode 4 - Thunder Valley

October. 13,1958

Episode 5 - The Nowhere Kid

October. 20,1958

Episode 6 - Bonner's Squaw

November. 03,1958

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.

Episode 7 - Tomboy

November. 10,1958

Episode 8 - Remember the Dead

November. 17,1958

Episode 9 - No Way to Kill

November. 24,1958

Episode 10 - Take Me Home

January. 01,0001

Episode 11 - Multiply One Boy

December. 08,1958

Episode 12 - Peligroso

December. 15,1958

Episode 13 - A Bell for Santo Domingo

January. 01,0001

Episode 14 - The Way Back

January. 01,0001

Episode 15 - The Painted Beauty

January. 05,1959

Episode 16 - Shadow of a Gunfighter

January. 12,1959

Episode 17 - The Lady and the Gun

January. 19,1959

Episode 18 - Blood of Courage

January. 01,0001

Episode 19 - Better Than A Cannon

January. 01,0001

Episode 20 - The Dead Ringer

February. 16,1959

Episode 21 - The Last Grey Man

February. 23,1959

Episode 22 - Melany

March. 02,1959

Episode 23 - Ricochet

January. 01,0001

Episode 24 - Dead Man's Hand

January. 01,0001

Episode 25 - The Sweet Sisters

March. 23,1959

Episode 26 - Incident at Bluefield

March. 30,1959

Episode 27 - The Pawn

April. 06,1959

Episode 28 - Four Lives

April. 13,1959

Episode 29 - One on the House

April. 20,1959

Episode 30 - Code for a Killer

April. 27,1959

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.

Episode 31 - Mme. Brimstone

May. 04,1959

Episode 32 - Lady by Law

May. 11,1959

Episode 33 - Ride with the Devil

May. 18,1959

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.

Episode 34 - A Trial for Jenny May

May. 25,1959

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.

Episode 35 - The Cavis Boy

June. 01,1959

Episode 36 - The Englishman

June. 08,1959

Episode 37 - A Very Special Investigator

June. 15,1959

Seasons 1 : 1957

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