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 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..."



Selected guest stars
• Claude Akins

• Trevor Bardette

• Jeanne Bates

• Bea Benaderet

• Robert Blake

• Dan Blocker

• Leslie Bradley

• Henry Brandon

• Edgar Buchanan

• Anthony Caruso

• Peggie Castle

• Andy Clyde

• James Coburn

• Iron Eyes Cody

• Johnny Crawford

• Royal Dano

• George Dolenz

• Jack Elam

• John Ericson

• Paul Fix

• James Gleason

• Don Grady

• Dabbs Greer

• Alan Hale, Jr.

• Charles Lane

• Ruta Lee

• Ewing Mitchell

• J. Carrol Naish

• Hank Patterson

• William Phipps

• Denver Pyle

• Roy Roberts

• Irene Ryan

• Olan Soule

• Onslow Stevens

• Glenn Strange

• Regis Toomey

• Rip Torn

• Lurene Tuttle

• Guinn Williams

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

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