The Restless Gun

*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..."