Series·1957·TV-PG·2 seasons

The Restless Gun

Western

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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Duel at LockwoodE1 · 45 min

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.

Trail to SunsetE2 · 45 min

After promising a seriously wounded outlaw that he will get him to town alive to stand trial, Bonner meets five men, including a doctor, who want to bring the man in. But then Bonner learns that the five have just taken part in a lynching, and he becomes concerned that they will do the same with this prisoner.

Revenge at Harness CreekE3 · 30 min

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.

RinkE4 · 45 min

On the trail, Bonner meets a young boy who is looking to join his father. Bonner brings the boy to town, where the bank is robbed, and the sheriff kills one of the robbers---the boy's father.

JennyE5 · 45 min

Bonner finds a wounded man on the road, and brings him to the house of a an embittered woman who lives alone. He promises her he won't tell about the man at her place, but he later learns that the man is a wanted outlaw.

The Shooting of Jett KingE6 · 45 min
JodyE7 · 45 min
General Gilford's WidowE8 · 45 min
The New SheriffE9 · 45 min
Man and BoyE10 · 45 min
Cheyenne ExpressE11 · 45 min
Thicker Than WaterE12 · 45 min
Silver ThreadsE13 · 45 min
The ChildE14 · 45 min
The Gold BuckleE15 · 30 min

Bonner and two strangers trail a pair of killers. Kit: Roy Roberts. Lex: Claude Akins. Bonner: John Payne. Emily: Madge Blake.

The CowardE16 · 45 min
Friend in NeedE17 · 45 min
Strange Family in TownE18 · 45 min

A Quaker family encounters prejudice, hostility, and harassment from the residents of the closest town, who mistake their pacifism for cowardice. They also encounter it from the rancher Bonner has come to do business with, though the man's wife feels differently.

Hang and Be DamnedE19 · 45 min
Quiet CityE20 · 45 min
Hornitas TownE21 · 45 min
Imposter For A DayE22 · 45 min
A Pressing EngagementE23 · 45 min
The Woman from SacramentoE24 · 45 min
Sheriff BillyE25 · 45 min
The Hand is QuickerE26 · 45 min
The SuffragetteE27 · 45 min

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.

The WhipE28 · 45 min
The Crisis at Easter CreekE29 · 45 min
Aunt EmmaE30 · 45 min

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.

The OutlanderE31 · 45 min

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.

The Battle of Tower RockE32 · 45 min
The Torn FlagE33 · 45 min
Hiram Grover's StrikeE34 · 45 min
The Gold StarE35 · 45 min
More Than KinE36 · 45 min
The ManhuntersE37 · 45 min
The PeddlerE38 · 45 min
GratitudeE39 · 45 min

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John Payne
John PayneVint Bonner

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