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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.
Seasons
Episode 1Latest episode
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 his wife. Jebediah, a retired marshall, arrives on the stagecoach to visit with his grandson and is confronted in the saloon by Jim Kenyon who holds a grudge from 20 years ago when he believes that Jedediah had not given his father a fair chance when he had killed him. Joe is consumed by hatred and is determined to exact revenge. Young Vint sees and hears of his grandfather being bullied and doing nothing. Jebediah decides that he must gain respect in young Vint's eyes and an exciting conclusion is played out.
Episode 2
Dragon for a Day
No overview is available.
Episode 3
Mercyday
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Episode 4
Thunder Valley
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Episode 5
The Nowhere Kid
No overview is available.
Episode 6
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 Indian law Bonner is to marry the girl and reluctantly agrees to prevent a war. However when Bonner sees how beautiful Running Fawn is he uses an Indian custom to lose her to a brave.
Episode 7
Tomboy
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Episode 8
Remember the Dead
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Episode 9
No Way to Kill
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Episode 10
Take Me Home
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Episode 11
Multiply One Boy
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Episode 12
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 15
The Painted Beauty
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Episode 16
Shadow of a Gunfighter
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Episode 17
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 20
The Dead Ringer
Vint is deliberately framed for a bank robbery and murder.
Episode 21
The Last Grey Man
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Episode 22
Melany
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Episode 23
Ricochet
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Episode 24
Dead Man's Hand
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Episode 25
The Sweet Sisters
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Episode 26
Incident at Bluefield
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Episode 27
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-mute daughter if they think he's told on them.
Episode 28
Four Lives
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Episode 29
One on the House
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Episode 30
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 killer, Vance Carter. It is left to Vint to find the truth and lay a trap for the real killer.
Episode 31
Mme. Brimstone
No overview is available.
Episode 32
Lady by Law
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Episode 33
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.
Episode 34
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 take her children and make them wards of the state.
Episode 35
The Cavis Boy
No overview is available.
Episode 36
The Englishman
No overview is available.
Episode 37
A Very Special Investigator
No overview is available.
