The Restless Gun (1957)

The Restless Gun

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.

The Restless Gun

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    Pilot

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Duel at lockwood

  • 1x2

    Trail to sunset

  • 1x3

    Revenge at harness creek

  • 1x4

    Rink

  • 1x5

    Jenny

  • 1x6

    The shooting of jett king

  • 1x7

    Jody

  • 1x8

    General gilford's widow

  • 1x9

    The new sheriff

  • 1x10

    Man and boy

  • 1x11

    Cheyenne express

  • 1x12

    Thicker than water

  • 1x13

    Silver threads

  • 1x14

    The child

  • 1x15

    The gold buckle

  • 1x16

    The coward

  • 1x17

    Friend in need

  • 1x18

    Strange family in town

  • 1x19

    Hang and be damned

  • 1x20

    Quiet city

  • 1x21

    Hornitas town

  • 1x22

    Imposter for a day

  • 1x23

    A pressing engagement

  • 1x24

    The woman from sacramento

  • 1x25

    Sheriff billy

  • 1x26

    The hand is quicker

  • 1x27

    The suffragette

  • 1x28

    The whip

  • 1x29

    The crisis at easter creek

  • 1x30

    Aunt emma

  • 1x31

    The outlander

  • 1x32

    The battle of tower rock

  • 1x33

    The torn flag

  • 1x34

    Hiram grover's strike

  • 1x35

    The gold star

  • 1x36

    More than kin

  • 1x37

    The manhunters

  • 1x38

    The peddler

  • 1x39

    Gratitude

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    The hill of death

  • 2x2

    Dragon for a day

  • 2x3

    Mercyday

  • 2x4

    Thunder valley

  • 2x5

    The nowhere kid

  • 2x6

    Bonner's squaw

  • 2x7

    Tomboy

  • 2x8

    Remember the dead

  • 2x9

    No way to kill

  • 2x10

    Take me home

  • 2x11

    Multiply one boy

  • 2x12

    Peligroso

  • 2x13

    A bell for santo domingo

  • 2x14

    The way back

  • 2x15

    The painted beauty

  • 2x16

    Shadow of a gunfighter

  • 2x17

    The lady and the gun

  • 2x18

    Blood of courage

  • 2x19

    Better than a cannon

  • 2x20

    The dead ringer

  • 2x21

    The last grey man

  • 2x22

    Melany

  • 2x23

    Ricochet

  • 2x24

    Dead man's hand

  • 2x25

    The sweet sisters

  • 2x26

    Incident at bluefield

  • 2x27

    The pawn

  • 2x28

    Four lives

  • 2x29

    One on the house

  • 2x30

    Code for a killer

  • 2x31

    Mme. brimstone

  • 2x32

    Lady by law

  • 2x33

    Ride with the devil

  • 2x34

    A trial for jenny may

  • 2x35

    The cavis boy

  • 2x36

    The englishman

  • 2x37

    A very special investigator

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