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 (Staffel 1)
Duel at Lockwood (Folge 1)
Autor: David Dortort
Sendedatum: 1957-09-23
Übersicht: 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 Sunset (Folge 2)
Sendedatum: 1957-09-30
Übersicht: 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 Creek (Folge 3)
Autor: Malvin Wald
Sendedatum: 1957-10-07
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: 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.
Rink (Folge 4)
Sendedatum: 1957-10-14
Übersicht: 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.
Jenny (Folge 5)
Sendedatum: 1957-10-21
Übersicht: 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 King (Folge 6)
Sendedatum: 1957-10-28
Jody (Folge 7)
Sendedatum: 1957-11-04
General Gilford's Widow (Folge 8)
Sendedatum: 1957-11-11
The New Sheriff (Folge 9)
Autor: Dean Riesner
Sendedatum: 1957-11-18
Man and Boy (Folge 10)
Sendedatum: 1957-11-25
Cheyenne Express (Folge 11)
Sendedatum: 1957-12-02
Thicker Than Water (Folge 12)
Sendedatum: 1957-12-09
Silver Threads (Folge 13)
Autor: Marion Hargrove
Sendedatum: 1957-12-16
The Child (Folge 14)
Sendedatum: 1957-12-23
The Gold Buckle (Folge 15)
Sendedatum: 1957-12-30
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Bonner and two strangers trail a pair of killers. Kit: Roy Roberts. Lex: Claude Akins. Bonner: John Payne. Emily: Madge Blake.
The Coward (Folge 16)
Sendedatum: 1958-01-06
Friend in Need (Folge 17)
Sendedatum: 1958-01-13
Strange Family in Town (Folge 18)
Sendedatum: 1958-01-20
Übersicht: 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 Damned (Folge 19)
Sendedatum: 1958-01-27
Quiet City (Folge 20)
Sendedatum: 1958-02-03
Hornitas Town (Folge 21)
Sendedatum: 1958-02-10
Imposter For A Day (Folge 22)
Sendedatum: 1958-02-17
A Pressing Engagement (Folge 23)
Sendedatum: 1958-02-24
The Woman from Sacramento (Folge 24)
Sendedatum: 1958-03-03
Sheriff Billy (Folge 25)
Sendedatum: 1958-03-10
The Hand is Quicker (Folge 26)
Sendedatum: 1958-03-17
The Suffragette (Folge 27)
Sendedatum: 1958-03-24
Übersicht: 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 Whip (Folge 28)
Sendedatum: 1958-03-31
The Crisis at Easter Creek (Folge 29)
Sendedatum: 1958-04-07
Aunt Emma (Folge 30)
Sendedatum: 1958-04-14
Übersicht: 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 Outlander (Folge 31)
Sendedatum: 1958-04-21
Übersicht: 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 Rock (Folge 32)
Sendedatum: 1958-04-28
The Torn Flag (Folge 33)
Sendedatum: 1958-05-05
Hiram Grover's Strike (Folge 34)
Sendedatum: 1958-05-12
The Gold Star (Folge 35)
Sendedatum: 1958-05-19
More Than Kin (Folge 36)
Sendedatum: 1958-05-26
The Manhunters (Folge 37)
Sendedatum: 1958-06-02
The Peddler (Folge 38)
Sendedatum: 1958-06-09
Gratitude (Folge 39)
Sendedatum: 1958-06-16
