7.8/1036 votes#1 - Ride the Long Trail
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1967
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.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1029 votes
#2 - A Bell for Jeff Sonnett
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1967
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.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1025 votes
#3 - A Grave for James Sonnett
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1967
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.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
- 7.6/1024 votes
#4 - The Natural Way
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1967
Will and Jeff sign on as deputies in order to come to the aid of a wounded sheriff.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1019 votes
#5 - Of Lasting Summers and Jim Sonnett
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1967
Will and Jeff go to Wyoming to see whether a man scheduled to hang is really Jim Sonnett.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1027 votes
#6 - Message at Noon
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1967
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.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1037 votes
#7 - A Son for a Son
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1967
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.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1024 votes
#8 - Meeting at Devil's Fork
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/1967
A bounty hunter takes Jeff and Will prisoner to lure Jim Sonnett to Devil's Fork.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1019 votes
#9 - First Love
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/1967
When Will and Jeff land in jail, a beautiful woman puts up the bail and asks them to stay in town.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1021 votes
#10 - The Favor
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/1967
Will and Jeff stumble upon a wounded man in a ghost town saloon.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1020 votes
#11 - Ride the Man Down
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1967
A sheriff rounds up a possee to hunt down Jim Sonnett after a dying bank robber wrongly names the gunslinger as his accomplice.
Director: Jud Taylor
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1023 votes
#12 - The Turkey Shoot
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1967
Jeff wins a prize bull in a shooting contest.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1018 votes
#13 - And a Killing Rode into Town
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/1967
Will and Jeff encounter a woman who claims to be Jeff's mother.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1017 votes
#14 - Find a Sonnett, Kill a Sonnett
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/8/1967
When two vengeful brothers take Jeff hostage, Will convinces an old friend to impersonate Jim Sonnett.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1020 votes
#15 - Sunday in Paradise
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/1967
Will helps an old friend convince townspeople to finance and build a house of worship.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1020 votes
#16 - The Secret of Hangtown Mine
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/22/1967
The Sonnets visit a ranch looking for information about Jim, but they uncover a murder instead.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1018 votes
#17 - The Hero
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/29/1967
After two bank robbers wound Will, Jeff pursues them into Apache country.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1018 votes
#18 - What's in a Name?
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/5/1968
Will and Jeff encounter a man who claims to be Will Sonnett.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1024 votes
#19 - End of the Rope
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/12/1968
Will and Jeff race to Waco, where Jim Sonnett stands trial for murder.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1021 votes
#20 - And He Shall Lead the Children
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/19/1968
Will and Jeff unwittingly stumble upon an outlaw's mountain cabin.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1020 votes
#21 - Look for the Hound Dog
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/26/1968
Will pleads Jeff's case after a lynch mob accuses the boy of murdering a storekeeper.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1018 votes
#22 - Stopover in a Troubled Town
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/2/1968
A woman working in a saloon needs the Sonnetts' help when her father decides to come for a visit.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1023 votes
#23 - Alone
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/9/1968
Will arranges to meet Jeff in a ghost town saloon, but he ends up getting caught in a hail of rifle bullets instead.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1018 votes
#24 - The Sins of the Father
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/23/1968
Jeff starts to fall for a young woman who claims that James Sonnett is the father of her infant son.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1017 votes
#25 - The Warriors
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/1/1968
Will goes undercover for the Cavalry to help stop a gunrunner from selling rifles that may start a new Indian war.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Guns of Will Sonnett Season 1
Every episode of The Guns of Will Sonnett Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Guns of Will Sonnett Season 1!
The Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series
Genre:Western
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Ride the Long Trail" is the best rated episode of "The Guns of Will Sonnett" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by N/A, it aired on 9/8/1967. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "A Bell for Jeff Sonnett".