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*The Restless Gun*
The Restless Gun
	Title card
Genre	Western
Directed by	Christian Nyby; Edward Ludwig; Sam Strangis; Earl Bellamy; Justus Addiss;
Starring	John Payne
Narrated by	John Payne
Composers	Paul Dunlap; Dave Kahn; Stanley Wilson;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	78
Production
Executive producer	John Payne
Producers	David Dortort; Felix Jackson;
Production location	American Southwest
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Window Glen Productions; Revue Studios;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 23, 1957 –; June 22, 1959
Related
	The Texan; Cheyenne;

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 78 episodes (including the pilot episode in which the John Payne character's name is Britt Ponsett, the name of James Stewart's character in the 1953-54 old-time radio series The Six Shooter, upon which The Restless Gun television series was originally based).

The Restless Gun theme song (officially titled "I Ride With the Wind") begins: "I ride with the wind, my eyes on the sun, and my hand on my restless gun..."

Episodes

Season 1: 1957–58

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
0	0	"Pilot ('Red Lawson's Revenge')"	Robert Florey	N.B. Stone Jr.	March 29, 1957 (1957-03-29)
1	1	"Duel at Lockwood"	Justus Addiss	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : David Dortort	September 23, 1957 (1957-09-23)
2	2	"Trail to Sunset"	Justus Addiss	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Herbert Little Jr. & David Victor	September 30, 1957 (1957-09-30)
3	3	"Revenge at Harness Creek"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Jack Jacobs & Malvin Wald	October 7, 1957 (1957-10-07)
4	4	"Rink"	James Neilson	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : David Dortort	October 14, 1957 (1957-10-14)
5	5	"Jenny"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Marion Hargrove	October 21, 1957 (1957-10-21)
6	6	"The Shooting of Jett King"	Justus Addiss	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : John Payne	October 28, 1957 (1957-10-28)
7	7	"Jody"	Allen H. Miner	Story by : H.A. De Russo Teleplay by : Gene L. Coon	November 4, 1957 (1957-11-04)
8	8	"General Gilford's Widow"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Halsey Malone	November 11, 1957 (1957-11-11)
9	9	"The New Sheriff"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Dean Riesner	November 18, 1957 (1957-11-18)
10	10	"Man and Boy"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : David Victor	November 25, 1957 (1957-11-25)
11	11	"Cheyenne Express"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Christopher Knopf	December 2, 1957 (1957-12-02)
12	12	"Thicker Than Water"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Kenneth Gamet	December 9, 1957 (1957-12-09)
13	13	"Silver Threads"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Marion Hargrove	December 16, 1957 (1957-12-16)
14	14	"The Child"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : John Payne Teleplay by : Herbert Little Jr. & David Victor	December 23, 1957 (1957-12-23)
15	15	"The Gold Buckle"	Justus Addiss	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Dan Mainwaring	December 30, 1957 (1957-12-30)
16	16	"The Coward"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Christopher Knopf	January 6, 1958 (1958-01-06)
17	17	"Friend in Need"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : William Tunberg	January 13, 1958 (1958-01-13)
18	18	"Strange Family in Town"	Earl Bellamy	Lawrence Goldman	January 20, 1958 (1958-01-20)
19	19	"Hang and Be Damned"	Earl Bellamy	Story by : Talmadge Powell Teleplay by : David Dortort	January 27, 1958 (1958-01-27)
20	20	"Quiet City"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Alvin Sapinsley	February 3, 1958 (1958-02-03)
21	21	"Hornitas Town"	Edward Ludwig	Jack Natteford & Luci Ward	February 10, 1958 (1958-02-10)
22	22	"Imposter for a Day"	Earl Bellamy	Jack Laird & Wilton Schiller	February 17, 1958 (1958-02-17)
23	23	"A Pressing Engagement"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Mary C McCall Jr.	February 24, 1958 (1958-02-24)
24	24	"Woman from Sacramento"	Edward Ludwig	Halsey Malone	March 3, 1958 (1958-03-03)
25	25	"Sheriff Billy"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Herbert Little Jr. & David Victor	March 10, 1958 (1958-03-10)
26	26	"The Hand Is Quicker"	Earl Bellamy	Arthur Weiss	March 17, 1958 (1958-03-17)
27	27	"The Suffragette"	Edward Ludwig	Charles B. Smith	March 24, 1958 (1958-03-24)
28	28	"The Whip"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Oliver Crawford	March 31, 1958 (1958-03-31)
29	29	"The Crisis at Easter Creek"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Jess Carneol & Kay Lenard	April 7, 1958 (1958-04-07)
30	30	"Aunt Emma"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Al Martin	April 14, 1958 (1958-04-14)
31	31	"The Outlander"	Edward Ludwig	Herbert Little Jr. & David Victor	April 21, 1958 (1958-04-21)
32	32	"The Battle of Tower Rock"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : Howard J. Green	April 28, 1958 (1958-04-28)
33	33	"The Torn Flag"	Edward Ludwig	Alvin Sapinsley	May 5, 1958 (1958-05-05)
34	34	"Hiram Grover's Strike"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : David Dortort	May 12, 1958 (1958-05-12)
35	35	"The Gold Star"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : John Payne Teleplay by : Alvin Sapinsley	May 19, 1958 (1958-05-19)
36	36	"More Than Kin"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : David Dortort	May 26, 1958 (1958-05-26)
37	37	"The Manhunters"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Richard J. Harper Teleplay by : Herbert Little Jr. & David Victor	June 2, 1958 (1958-06-02)
38	38	"The Peddler"	Edward Ludwig	John Tucker Battle	June 9, 1958 (1958-06-09)
39	39	"Gratitude"	Edward Ludwig	Arnold Belgard	June 16, 1958 (1958-06-16)

Season 2: 1958–59

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
40	1	"Jebediah Bonner"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Will Cook Teleplay by : John Payne	September 22, 1958 (1958-09-22)
41	2	"Day of the Dragon"	Justus Addiss	John Tucker Battle	September 29, 1958 (1958-09-29)
42	3	"Mercyday"	Edward Ludwig	Charles B. Smith	October 6, 1958 (1958-10-06)
43	4	"Thunder Alley"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Hal G. Evarts Teleplay by : Hal G. Evarts	October 13, 1958 (1958-10-13)
44	5	"The Nowhere Kid"	Edward Ludwig	Mary C. McCall Jr.	October 20, 1958 (1958-10-20)
45	6	"Bonner's Squaw"	Edward Ludwig	Joel Kane & Lee Karson	November 3, 1958 (1958-11-03)
46	7	"Tomboy"	Edward Ludwig	Marion Hargrove	November 10, 1958 (1958-11-10)
47	8	"Remember the Dead"	Justus Addiss	Hendrik Vollaerts	November 17, 1958 (1958-11-17)
48	9	"No Way to Kill"	Edward Ludwig	John Falvo	November 24, 1958 (1958-11-24)
49	10	"Take Me Home"	Edward Ludwig	Newt Arnold & David Cross	December 1, 1958 (1958-12-01)
50	11	"Multiply One Boy"	Edward Ludwig	Lee Berg & Lawrence Menkin	December 8, 1958 (1958-12-08)
51	12	"Peligroso"	Justus Addiss	Thomas Thompson	December 15, 1958 (1958-12-15)
52	13	"A Bell for Santo Domingo"	Edward Ludwig	Richard Newman	December 22, 1958 (1958-12-22)
53	14	"The Way Back"	Edward Ludwig	Robert Leslie Bellem & Frank Bonham	December 29, 1958 (1958-12-29)
54	15	"The Painted Beauty"	Justus Addiss	Halsey Melone	January 5, 1959 (1959-01-05)
55	16	"Shadow of a Gunfighter"	Edward Ludwig	Herman J. Groves	January 12, 1959 (1959-01-12)
56	17	"The Lady and the Gun"	Edward Ludwig	Story by : Frank Burt Teleplay by : David Dortort	January 19, 1959 (1959-01-19)
57	18	"Blood of Courage"	Edward Ludwig	Ronald Bishop	February 2, 1959 (1959-02-02)
58	19	"Better Than a Cannon"	Edward Ludwig	John Tucker Battle	February 9, 1959 (1959-02-09)
59	20	"The Dead Ringer"	Edward Ludwig	John Tucker Battle	February 16, 1959 (1959-02-16)
60	21	"The Last Grey Man"	Justus Addiss	Richard Newman	February 23, 1959 (1959-02-23)
61	22	"Melany"	Justus Addiss	Herman J. Groves	March 2, 1959 (1959-03-02)
62	23	"Ricochet"	Justus Addiss	Fanya Lawrence & Ted Thomas	March 9, 1959 (1959-03-09)
63	24	"Dead Man's Hand"	Justus Addiss	Harry Kronman	March 16, 1959 (1959-03-16)
64	25	"The Sweet Sisters"	Sam Strangis	Joel Kane & Lee Karson	March 23, 1959 (1959-03-23)
65	26	"Incident at Bluefield"	Edward Ludwig	Herman J. Groves	March 30, 1959 (1959-03-30)
66	27	"The Pawn"	Edward Ludwig	Charles B. Smith	April 6, 1959 (1959-04-06)
67	28	"Four Lives"	Edward Ludwig	Thomas Thompson	April 13, 1959 (1959-04-13)
68	29	"One on the House"	Edward Ludwig	Norman Daniels	April 20, 1959 (1959-04-20)
69	30	"Code for a Killer"	Sam Strangis	Hal Fimberg & Frank Waldman	April 27, 1959 (1959-04-27)
70	31	"Mme. Brimstone"	Sam Strangis	Adele Buffington	May 4, 1959 (1959-05-04)
71	32	"Lady by Law"	Sam Strangis	Norman Daniels	May 11, 1959 (1959-05-11)
72	33	"Ride with the Devil"	Sam Strangis	Nat Tanchuck	May 18, 1959 (1959-05-18)
73	34	"A Trial for Jenny May"	Sam Strangis	John Tucker Battle	May 25, 1959 (1959-05-25)
74	35	"The Cavis Boy"	Sam Strangis	Ronald Bishop & Wells Root	June 1, 1959 (1959-06-01)
75	36	"The Englishman"	Sam Strangis	Story by : Lester Wm. Berke & Robert J. Black Jr. Teleplay by : Lester Wm. Berke, Robert J. Black Jr., & Richard Newman	June 8, 1959 (1959-06-08)
76	37	"A Very Special Investigator"	Edward Ludwig	Arnold Belgard	June 15, 1959 (1959-06-15)
77	38	"The Hill of Death"	Sam Strangis	Joe Stone	June 22, 1959 (1959-06-22)

Selected guest stars

Home media

On March 1, 2010, Timeless Media Group released a three-disc best-of set featuring 24 episodes from the series.^[1]

On April 23, 2013, Timeless Media released Restless Gun: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.^[2] The 9-disc set features all 78 episodes of the series.