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