The Restless Gun
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
- Christian Nyby
- Edward Ludwig
- Sam Strangis
- Earl Bellamy
- Justus Addiss
John Payne
- Paul Dunlap
- Dave Kahn
- Stanley Wilson
United States
English
2
78
John Payne
30 minutes
- Window Glen Productions
- Revue Studios
September 23, 1957 –
June 22, 1959
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..."
Home media[edit]
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.