About this season
The Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series
Episodes (26)
1. Ride the Long Trail
Aired 8 September 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
Aired 15 September 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
Aired 22 September 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
Aired 29 September 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
Aired 6 October 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
Aired 13 October 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
Aired 20 October 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
Aired 27 October 1967 • 30 min
A bounty hunter takes Jeff and Will prisoner to lure Jim Sonnett to Devil's Fork.
9. First Love
Aired 3 November 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
Aired 10 November 1967 • 30 min
Will and Jeff stumble upon a wounded man in a ghost town saloon.
11. Ride the Man Down
Aired 17 November 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
Aired 24 November 1967 • 30 min
Jeff wins a prize bull in a shooting contest.
13. And a Killing Rode into Town
Aired 1 December 1967 • 30 min
Will and Jeff encounter a woman who claims to be Jeff's mother.
14. Find a Sonnett, Kill a Sonnett
Aired 8 December 1967 • 30 min
When two vengeful brothers take Jeff hostage, Will convinces an old friend to impersonate Jim Sonnett.
15. Sunday in Paradise
Aired 15 December 1967 • 30 min
Will helps an old friend convince townspeople to finance and build a house of worship.
16. The Secret of Hangtown Mine
Aired 22 December 1967 • 30 min
The Sonnets visit a ranch looking for information about Jim, but they uncover a murder instead.
17. The Hero
Aired 29 December 1967 • 30 min
After two bank robbers wound Will, Jeff pursues them into Apache country.
18. What's in a Name?
Aired 5 January 1968 • 30 min
Will and Jeff encounter a man who claims to be Will Sonnett.
19. End of the Rope
Aired 12 January 1968 • 30 min
Will and Jeff race to Waco, where Jim Sonnett stands trial for murder.
20. And He Shall Lead the Children
Aired 19 January 1968 • 30 min
Will and Jeff unwittingly stumble upon an outlaw's mountain cabin.
21. Look for the Hound Dog
Aired 26 January 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
Aired 2 February 1968 • 30 min
A woman working in a saloon needs the Sonnetts' help when her father decides to come for a visit.
23. Alone
Aired 9 February 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
Aired 23 February 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
Aired 1 March 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
Aired 8 March 1968 • 30 min
Will & Jeff help an old friend pretend to be a rich rancher in order to impress his mail order bride.