The Restless Gun
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First Air DateSep 23, 1957
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ProductionWindow Glen Productions, Revue Studios
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Rotten tomato37%
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Original titleThe Restless Gun
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ReleaseSep 23, 1957
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Overview
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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Casts
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Vint Bonner
Season 1 ( 1957-09-23)
Duel at Lockwood
Trail to Sunset
Revenge at Harness Creek
Rink
Jenny
The Shooting of Jett King
Jody
General Gilford's Widow
The New Sheriff
Man and Boy
Cheyenne Express
Thicker Than Water
Silver Threads
The Child
The Gold Buckle
The Coward
Friend in Need
Strange Family in Town
Hang and Be Damned
Quiet City
Hornitas Town
Imposter For A Day
A Pressing Engagement
The Woman from Sacramento
Sheriff Billy
The Hand is Quicker
The Suffragette
The Whip
The Crisis at Easter Creek
Aunt Emma
The Outlander
The Battle of Tower Rock
The Torn Flag
Hiram Grover's Strike
The Gold Star
More Than Kin
The Manhunters
The Peddler
Gratitude
Season 2 ( 1959-06-22)
The Hill of Death
Dragon for a Day
Mercyday
Thunder Valley
The Nowhere Kid
Bonner's Squaw
Tomboy
Remember the Dead
No Way to Kill
Take Me Home
Multiply One Boy
Peligroso
A Bell for Santo Domingo
The Way Back
The Painted Beauty
Shadow of a Gunfighter
The Lady and the Gun
Blood of Courage
Better Than A Cannon
The Dead Ringer
The Last Grey Man
Melany
Ricochet
Dead Man's Hand
The Sweet Sisters
Incident at Bluefield
The Pawn
Four Lives
One on the House
Code for a Killer
Mme. Brimstone
Lady by Law
Ride with the Devil
A Trial for Jenny May
The Cavis Boy
The Englishman