Edward Ludwig
Director
The Restless Gun (1957)
Season 2
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.
Released Sept. 23, 1957
Episode 30 min
10+
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Production Companies: Window Glen Productions, Revue Studios
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - 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.
June 22, 1959, midnight
S2E2 - Dragon for a Day
Sept. 29, 1958, midnight
S2E3 - Mercyday
Oct. 6, 1958, midnight
S2E4 - Thunder Valley
Oct. 13, 1958, midnight
S2E5 - The Nowhere Kid
Oct. 20, 1958, midnight
S2E6 - 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.
Nov. 3, 1958, midnight
S2E7 - Tomboy
Nov. 10, 1958, midnight
S2E8 - Remember the Dead
Nov. 17, 1958, midnight
S2E9 - No Way to Kill
Nov. 24, 1958, midnight
S2E10 - Take Me Home
S2E11 - Multiply One Boy
Dec. 8, 1958, midnight
S2E12 - Peligroso
Dec. 15, 1958, midnight
S2E13 - A Bell for Santo Domingo
S2E14 - The Way Back
S2E15 - The Painted Beauty
Jan. 5, 1959, midnight
S2E16 - Shadow of a Gunfighter
Jan. 12, 1959, midnight
S2E17 - The Lady and the Gun
Jan. 19, 1959, midnight
S2E18 - Blood of Courage
S2E19 - Better Than A Cannon
S2E20 - The Dead Ringer
Vint is deliberately framed for a bank robbery and murder.
Feb. 16, 1959, midnight
S2E21 - The Last Grey Man
Feb. 23, 1959, midnight
S2E22 - Melany
March 2, 1959, midnight
S2E23 - Ricochet
S2E24 - Dead Man's Hand
S2E25 - The Sweet Sisters
March 23, 1959, midnight
S2E26 - Incident at Bluefield
March 30, 1959, midnight
S2E27 - The Pawn
April 6, 1959, midnight
S2E28 - Four Lives
April 13, 1959, midnight
S2E29 - One on the House
April 20, 1959, midnight
S2E30 - 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.
April 27, 1959, midnight
S2E31 - Mme. Brimstone
May 4, 1959, midnight
S2E32 - Lady by Law
May 11, 1959, midnight
S2E33 - 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.
May 18, 1959, midnight
S2E34 - 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.
May 25, 1959, midnight
S2E35 - The Cavis Boy
June 1, 1959, midnight
S2E36 - The Englishman
June 8, 1959, midnight
S2E37 - A Very Special Investigator
June 15, 1959, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 2280 min.
Released: Sept. 23, 1957
Last Air Date: June 22, 1959, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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