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Season 1

The Restless Gun Season 1

September. 23,1957

7.4

TV-PG

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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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The Restless Gun Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 39 - Gratitude

First Aired: June. 16,1958

Episode 38 - The Peddler

First Aired: June. 09,1958

Episode 37 - The Manhunters

First Aired: June. 02,1958

Episode 36 - More Than Kin

First Aired: May. 26,1958

Episode 35 - The Gold Star

First Aired: May. 19,1958

Episode 34 - Hiram Grover's Strike

First Aired: May. 12,1958

Episode 33 - The Torn Flag

First Aired: May. 05,1958

Episode 32 - The Battle of Tower Rock

First Aired: April. 28,1958

Episode 31 - The Outlander

First Aired: April. 21,1958

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.

Episode 30 - Aunt Emma

First Aired: April. 14,1958

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.

Episode 29 - The Crisis at Easter Creek

First Aired: April. 07,1958

Episode 28 - The Whip

First Aired: March. 31,1958

Episode 27 - The Suffragette

First Aired: March. 24,1958

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.

Episode 26 - The Hand is Quicker

First Aired: March. 17,1958

Episode 25 - Sheriff Billy

First Aired: March. 10,1958

Episode 24 - The Woman from Sacramento

First Aired: March. 03,1958

Episode 23 - A Pressing Engagement

First Aired: February. 24,1958

Episode 22 - Imposter For A Day

First Aired: February. 17,1958

Episode 21 - Hornitas Town

First Aired: February. 10,1958

Episode 20 - Quiet City

First Aired: February. 03,1958

Episode 19 - Hang and Be Damned

First Aired: January. 27,1958

Episode 18 - Strange Family in Town

First Aired: January. 20,1958

Episode 17 - Friend in Need

First Aired: January. 13,1958

Episode 16 - The Coward

First Aired: January. 06,1958

Episode 15 - The Gold Buckle

First Aired: December. 30,1957

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

Episode 14 - The Child

First Aired: December. 23,1957

Episode 13 - Silver Threads

First Aired: December. 16,1957

Episode 12 - Thicker Than Water

First Aired: December. 09,1957

Episode 11 - Cheyenne Express

First Aired: December. 02,1957

Episode 10 - Man and Boy

First Aired: November. 25,1957

Episode 9 - The New Sheriff

First Aired: November. 18,1957

Episode 8 - General Gilford's Widow

First Aired: November. 11,1957

Episode 7 - Jody

First Aired: November. 04,1957

Episode 6 - The Shooting of Jett King

First Aired: October. 28,1957

Episode 5 - Jenny

First Aired: October. 21,1957

Episode 4 - Rink

First Aired: October. 14,1957

Episode 3 - Revenge at Harness Creek

First Aired: October. 07,1957

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.

Episode 2 - Trail to Sunset

First Aired: September. 30,1957

Episode 1 - Duel at Lockwood

First Aired: September. 23,1957

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.