The Restless Gun(TV show/series, 1957-1959)

Name: The Restless Gun
Genre: Western
Released: 1957

30min per episode | Genre: Western

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 76 episodes

Rating: 2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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 78 episodes (including the pilot episode in which the John Payne character's name is Britt Ponsett, the name of James Stewart's character in the 1953-54 old-time radio series The Six Shooter, upon which The Restless Gun television series was originally based). The Restless Gun theme song (officially titled "I Ride With the Wind") 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. Two versions (one a vocal) are currently posted on YouTube, but neither posting li... ()

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About 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.

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Weekend Westerns - THE RESTLESS GUN(Trailer, 1:30)

The Restless Gun Seasons and Episodes

06/22/1959Season 2 - 37 episodes

#1 | 06/22/1959The Hill of Death

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.

#2 | 09/29/1958Dragon for a Day

#3 | 10/06/1958Mercyday

#4 | 10/13/1958Thunder Valley

#5 | 10/20/1958The Nowhere Kid

#6 | 11/03/1958Bonner's Squaw

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.

#7 | 11/10/1958Tomboy

#8 | 11/17/1958Remember the Dead

#9 | 11/24/1958No Way to Kill

#10Take Me Home

#11 | 12/08/1958Multiply One Boy

#12 | 12/15/1958Peligroso

#13A Bell for Santo Domingo

#14The Way Back

#15 | 01/05/1959The Painted Beauty

#16 | 01/12/1959Shadow of a Gunfighter

#17 | 01/19/1959The Lady and the Gun

#18Blood of Courage

#19Better Than A Cannon

#20 | 02/16/1959The Dead Ringer

#21 | 02/23/1959The Last Grey Man

#22 | 03/02/1959Melany

#23Ricochet

#24Dead Man's Hand

#25 | 03/23/1959The Sweet Sisters

#26 | 03/30/1959Incident at Bluefield

#27 | 04/06/1959The Pawn

#28 | 04/13/1959Four Lives

#29 | 04/20/1959One on the House

#30 | 04/27/1959Code for a Killer

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.

#31 | 05/04/1959Mme. Brimstone

#32 | 05/11/1959Lady by Law

#33 | 05/18/1959Ride with the Devil

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.

#34 | 05/25/1959A Trial for Jenny May

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.

#35 | 06/01/1959The Cavis Boy

#36 | 06/08/1959The Englishman

#37 | 06/15/1959A Very Special Investigator

09/23/1957Season 1 - 39 episodes

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Revue Studios, Window Glen Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 1 language: English (EN)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 09/23/1957

Last episode released on: 06/22/1959

Cast: John Payne

Directors: Christian Nyby, Edward Ludwig, Earl Bellamy

Composer: Paul Dunlap

Keywords: wild west, texas, 19th century

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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