Edward Ludwig
Director
The Restless Gun (1957)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 23, 1957
Episode 30 min
10+
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Production Companies: Window Glen Productions, Revue Studios
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Duel at Lockwood
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.
Sept. 23, 1957, midnight
S1E2 - Trail to Sunset
Sept. 30, 1957, midnight
S1E3 - Revenge at Harness Creek
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.
Oct. 7, 1957, midnight
S1E4 - Rink
Oct. 14, 1957, midnight
S1E5 - Jenny
Oct. 21, 1957, midnight
S1E6 - The Shooting of Jett King
Oct. 28, 1957, midnight
S1E7 - Jody
Nov. 4, 1957, midnight
S1E8 - General Gilford's Widow
Nov. 11, 1957, midnight
S1E9 - The New Sheriff
Nov. 18, 1957, midnight
S1E10 - Man and Boy
Nov. 25, 1957, midnight
S1E11 - Cheyenne Express
Dec. 2, 1957, midnight
S1E12 - Thicker Than Water
Dec. 9, 1957, midnight
S1E13 - Silver Threads
Dec. 16, 1957, midnight
S1E14 - The Child
Dec. 23, 1957, midnight
S1E15 - The Gold Buckle
Bonner and two strangers trail a pair of killers. Kit: Roy Roberts. Lex: Claude Akins. Bonner: John Payne. Emily: Madge Blake.
Dec. 30, 1957, midnight
S1E16 - The Coward
Jan. 6, 1958, midnight
S1E17 - Friend in Need
Jan. 13, 1958, midnight
S1E18 - Strange Family in Town
Jan. 20, 1958, midnight
S1E19 - Hang and Be Damned
Jan. 27, 1958, midnight
S1E20 - Quiet City
Feb. 3, 1958, midnight
S1E21 - Hornitas Town
Feb. 10, 1958, midnight
S1E22 - Imposter For A Day
Feb. 17, 1958, midnight
S1E23 - A Pressing Engagement
Feb. 24, 1958, midnight
S1E24 - The Woman from Sacramento
March 3, 1958, midnight
S1E25 - Sheriff Billy
March 10, 1958, midnight
S1E26 - The Hand is Quicker
March 17, 1958, midnight
S1E27 - The Suffragette
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.
March 24, 1958, midnight
S1E28 - The Whip
March 31, 1958, midnight
S1E29 - The Crisis at Easter Creek
April 7, 1958, midnight
S1E30 - Aunt Emma
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.
April 14, 1958, midnight
S1E31 - The Outlander
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.
April 21, 1958, midnight
S1E32 - The Battle of Tower Rock
April 28, 1958, midnight
S1E33 - The Torn Flag
May 5, 1958, midnight
S1E34 - Hiram Grover's Strike
May 12, 1958, midnight
S1E35 - The Gold Star
May 19, 1958, midnight
S1E36 - More Than Kin
May 26, 1958, midnight
S1E37 - The Manhunters
June 2, 1958, midnight
S1E38 - The Peddler
June 9, 1958, midnight
S1E39 - Gratitude
June 16, 1958, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 2280 min.
Released: Sept. 23, 1957
Last Air Date: June 22, 1959, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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