The series
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.
Episodes
Season 2 · 37 episodes · 1959
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Episode 122 Jun 1959
The 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 hi…
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Episode 229 Sep 1958
Dragon for a Day
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Episode 36 Oct 1958
Mercyday
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Episode 413 Oct 1958
Thunder Valley
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Episode 520 Oct 1958
The Nowhere Kid
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Episode 63 Nov 1958
Bonner'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…
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Episode 710 Nov 1958
Tomboy
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Episode 817 Nov 1958
Remember the Dead
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Episode 924 Nov 1958
No Way to Kill
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Episode 10
Take Me Home
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Episode 118 Dec 1958
Multiply One Boy
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Episode 1215 Dec 1958
Peligroso
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Episode 13
A Bell for Santo Domingo
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Episode 14
The Way Back
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Episode 155 Jan 1959
The Painted Beauty
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Episode 1612 Jan 1959
Shadow of a Gunfighter
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Episode 1719 Jan 1959
The Lady and the Gun
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Episode 18
Blood of Courage
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Episode 19
Better Than A Cannon
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Episode 2016 Feb 1959
The Dead Ringer
Vint is deliberately framed for a bank robbery and murder.
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Episode 2123 Feb 1959
The Last Grey Man
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Episode 222 Mar 1959
Melany
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Episode 23
Ricochet
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Episode 24
Dead Man's Hand
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Episode 2523 Mar 1959
The Sweet Sisters
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Episode 2630 Mar 1959
Incident at Bluefield
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Episode 276 Apr 1959
The Pawn
An old friend of Vint's has been jailed after being caught with a band of rustlers, and is likely to be hanged if he doesn't tell where the other rustlers are. But he is unwilling to because he fears that his compatriots will harm his deaf…
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Episode 2813 Apr 1959
Four Lives
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Episode 2920 Apr 1959
One on the House
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Episode 3027 Apr 1959
Code 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 kille…
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Episode 314 May 1959
Mme. Brimstone
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Episode 3211 May 1959
Lady by Law
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Episode 3318 May 1959
Ride 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.
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Episode 3425 May 1959
A 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 t…
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Episode 351 Jun 1959
The Cavis Boy
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Episode 368 Jun 1959
The Englishman
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Episode 3715 Jun 1959
A Very Special Investigator
Cast
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