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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Season 1
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E1
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.
Sep 23, 1957 · 30m -
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Trail to Sunset
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.
Sep 30, 1957 · 30m -
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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 · 30m -
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Rink
Oct 14, 1957 · 30m -
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Jenny
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.
Oct 21, 1957 · 30m -
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The Shooting of Jett King
Oct 28, 1957 · 30m -
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Jody
Nov 4, 1957 · 30m -
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General Gilford's Widow
Nov 11, 1957 · 30m -
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The New Sheriff
Nov 18, 1957 · 30m -
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Man and Boy
Nov 25, 1957 · 30m -
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Cheyenne Express
Dec 2, 1957 · 30m -
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Thicker Than Water
Dec 9, 1957 · 30m -
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E13
Silver Threads
Dec 16, 1957 · 30m -
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E14
The Child
Dec 23, 1957 · 30m -
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E15
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 · 30m -
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The Coward
Jan 6, 1958 · 30m -
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Friend in Need
Jan 13, 1958 · 30m -
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E18
Strange Family in Town
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.
Jan 20, 1958 · 30m -
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Hang and Be Damned
Jan 27, 1958 · 30m -
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E20
Quiet City
Feb 3, 1958 · 30m -
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E21
Hornitas Town
Feb 10, 1958 · 30m -
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Imposter For A Day
Feb 17, 1958 · 30m -
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A Pressing Engagement
Feb 24, 1958 · 30m -
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The Woman from Sacramento
Mar 3, 1958 · 30m -
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Sheriff Billy
Mar 10, 1958 · 30m -
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The Hand is Quicker
Mar 17, 1958 · 30m -
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E27
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.
Mar 24, 1958 · 30m -
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The Whip
Mar 31, 1958 · 30m -
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E29
The Crisis at Easter Creek
Apr 7, 1958 · 30m -
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E30
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.
Apr 14, 1958 · 30m -
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E31
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.
Apr 21, 1958 · 30m -
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The Battle of Tower Rock
Apr 28, 1958 · 25m -
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The Torn Flag
May 5, 1958 · 30m -
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Hiram Grover's Strike
May 12, 1958 · 30m -
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E35
The Gold Star
May 19, 1958 · 30m -
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E36
More Than Kin
May 26, 1958 · 30m -
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E37
The Manhunters
Jun 2, 1958 · 30m -
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E38
The Peddler
Jun 9, 1958 · 30m -
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Gratitude
Jun 16, 1958 · 30m