The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Guns of Will Sonnett: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

September 8, 1967

Episodes

26 episodes

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Season 1

Episodes

1. Ride the Long Trail

September 8, 1967
30 min

A travelling show arrives in town, claiming to have guns from famous gunslingers. Of particular interest to young Jeff Sonnett is a gun that supposedly belonged to his infamous father, James. Never having known his father, Jeff convinces his grandfather, Will, to help him find his father, no matter how long it takes. The first stop is a small town where the Sonnetts find a man who lost an arm in a gunfight with James Sonnett and is looking for revenge on anyone with the name Sonnett.

2. A Bell for Jeff Sonnett

September 15, 1967
30 min

An up and coming gunslinger who puts a small bell on his belt for each person he's killed wants to add the Sonnett name to his reputation.

3. A Grave for James Sonnett

September 22, 1967
30 min

Will and Jeff find a grave marked for James Sonnett in a small Mexican town. James had been protecting the town from bandits,a job that his son and father decide to finish. In the end, it turns out that the grave was only a ruse to throw the bandits off the trail of a wounded James Sonnett, so the search continues.

4. The Natural Way

September 29, 1967
30 min

Will and Jeff sign on as deputies in order to come to the aid of a wounded sheriff.

5. Of Lasting Summers and Jim Sonnett

October 6, 1967
30 min

Will and Jeff go to Wyoming to see whether a man scheduled to hang is really Jim Sonnett.

6. Message at Noon

October 13, 1967
30 min

When Will and Jeff realize Jim is only a day's ride away, they send an urgent wire to convince him to wait for them.

7. A Son for a Son

October 20, 1967
30 min

Jeff is wounded in a gunfight and taken in by a family who share a dark secret: one of their sons was killed by James Sonnett. After framing Will for theft, the Father plans to kill Jeff as soon as he can hold a gun. The distraught Mother has other ideas, wanting to keep Jeff as her own son.

8. Meeting at Devil's Fork

October 27, 1967
30 min

A bounty hunter takes Jeff and Will prisoner to lure Jim Sonnett to Devil's Fork.

9. First Love

November 3, 1967
30 min

When Will and Jeff land in jail, a beautiful woman puts up the bail and asks them to stay in town.

10. The Favor

November 10, 1967
30 min

Will and Jeff stumble upon a wounded man in a ghost town saloon.

11. Ride the Man Down

November 17, 1967
30 min

A sheriff rounds up a possee to hunt down Jim Sonnett after a dying bank robber wrongly names the gunslinger as his accomplice.

12. The Turkey Shoot

November 24, 1967
30 min

Jeff wins a prize bull in a shooting contest.

13. And a Killing Rode into Town

December 1, 1967
30 min

Will and Jeff encounter a woman who claims to be Jeff's mother.

14. Find a Sonnett, Kill a Sonnett

December 8, 1967
30 min

When two vengeful brothers take Jeff hostage, Will convinces an old friend to impersonate Jim Sonnett.

15. Sunday in Paradise

December 15, 1967
30 min

Will helps an old friend convince townspeople to finance and build a house of worship.

16. The Secret of Hangtown Mine

December 22, 1967
30 min

The Sonnets visit a ranch looking for information about Jim, but they uncover a murder instead.

17. The Hero

December 29, 1967
30 min

After two bank robbers wound Will, Jeff pursues them into Apache country.

18. What's in a Name?

January 5, 1968
30 min

Will and Jeff encounter a man who claims to be Will Sonnett.

19. End of the Rope

January 12, 1968
30 min

Will and Jeff race to Waco, where Jim Sonnett stands trial for murder.

20. And He Shall Lead the Children

January 19, 1968
30 min

Will and Jeff unwittingly stumble upon an outlaw's mountain cabin.

21. Look for the Hound Dog

January 26, 1968
30 min

Will pleads Jeff's case after a lynch mob accuses the boy of murdering a storekeeper.

22. Stopover in a Troubled Town

February 2, 1968
30 min

A woman working in a saloon needs the Sonnetts' help when her father decides to come for a visit.

23. Alone

February 9, 1968
30 min

Will arranges to meet Jeff in a ghost town saloon, but he ends up getting caught in a hail of rifle bullets instead.

24. The Sins of the Father

February 23, 1968
30 min

Jeff starts to fall for a young woman who claims that James Sonnett is the father of her infant son.

25. The Warriors

March 1, 1968
30 min

Will goes undercover for the Cavalry to help stop a gunrunner from selling rifles that may start a new Indian war.

26. A Fool and His Money

March 8, 1968
30 min

Will & Jeff help an old friend pretend to be a rich rancher in order to impress his mail order bride.