Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.0 / 10
1956
5 seasons
147 episodes
WesternDrama

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.You Only Run Once

    05-10-195630m

    When horses begin to turn up missing, the county forms a vigilante committee. Rancher Matt Jessop has the bad luck to innocently hire two shady characters to work on his ranch. Wil...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Fearful Courage

    12-10-195630m

    After witnessing a murder Louise Brandon is then hunted by the gunmen who want to end her life for fear she will testify.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Long Road Home

    19-10-195630m

    A man returns to his Texas home with his mind set on accomplishing two things, he wants to avenge his brother's death and also settle an old feud.

  • Ep 4

    4.The Unrelenting Sky

    26-10-195630m

    When the drought causes much suffering in a small town and one man has water but will not let anyone near his ranch or land the citizens take matters into their own hands for survi...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Lariat

    02-11-195630m

    After serving five years for accidentally killing a man with a lariat, Morgan returns to seek justice from the Judge who sentenced him.

  • Ep 6

    6.Death Watch

    09-11-195630m

    After his troops are killed Captain Warling decides to face the Indians alone, they turn and flee when they realize that the Captain is no longer in his right mind and they fear ev...

  • Ep 7

    7.Stage to Tucson

    16-11-195630m

    Marshal Thorpe has received a tip that bank robber Bide Turley is on the stage from Las Cruces to Tucson.

  • Ep 8

    8.A Quiet Sunday in San Ardo

    23-11-195630m

    Retired gunfighter wants to live a peaceful quiet life but there are those that won't let that happen.

  • Ep 9

    9.Vengeance Canyon

    30-11-195630m

    After his son is murdered Joe seeks revenge on his killer.

  • Ep 10

    10.Return to Nowhere

    07-12-195630m

    An outlaw gunfighter is haunted by his past and is trying to find his life. He goes looking for his wife and finds she is married to another man. He is determined to get her back.

  • Ep 11

    11.Courage is a Gun

    14-12-195630m

    A gunslinger is wounded by the marshal in a shooting while waiting to settle a feud. He then plots to kill the marshal as well.

  • Ep 12

    12.Muletown Gold Strike

    21-12-195630m

    Mason Ward just back from the war discovers his law office destroyed he heads west to a new town and another job. Hired by the mayor as the new schoolteacher, he learns of a treasu...

  • Ep 13

    13.Stars Over Texas

    28-12-195630m

    When a Wagon from Indiana is ambushed and burned by bushwackers, little Annie Morgan loses her family and gains a new one in the Todds.

  • Ep 14

    14.The Three Graves

    04-01-195730m

    A gunman moves into a sleepy western town with the intention of taking it over for himself. But a pretty young woman sets her sights on him as a prospective husband.

  • Ep 15

    15.No Man Living

    11-01-195730m

    A sheriff gives up his badge to exact personal revenge on an outlaw who has wronged him. The criminal he seeks has carefully disguised himself as a lawabiding citizen.

  • Ep 16

    16.Time of Decision

    18-01-195730m

    A land baron's son provokes a homesteader into a gun fight and ends up dead. The town hates homesteaders but finds a kindly allie in Evan Tapper.

  • Ep 17

    17.Until the Man Dies

    25-01-195730m

    Cattle rancher Clint Belmet saves criminal Dave Jordan from a lynching determined not to allow mob rule to deprive Nevada of her chance for statehood.

  • Ep 18

    18.Back Trail

    01-02-195730m

    Ex-gunman John Fallon takes on the town bullies who are trying to get rid of the farmers and take their land.

  • Ep 19

    19.Dangerous Orders

    08-02-195730m

    Captain Hunter is sent to deliver important orders to the next fort and encounters several disruptions along his way. A turncoat, a drunk, a Confederate spy and Indians.

  • Ep 20

    20.The Necessary Breed

    15-02-195730m

    Bounty hunter, Link returns to the town where he once lived, killing a man the town thinks is innocent of the crime they demand he pay for the crime.

  • Ep 21

    21.The Hanging Tree

    22-02-195730m

    The town is out to hang a man without the marshal around, they become the judge jury and executioner.

  • Ep 22

    22.Village of Fear

    01-03-195730m

    A traveling book salesman is greeted by a dead man hanging in an alley when he arrives in a deserted Western town.

  • Ep 23

    23.Black Creek Encounter

    08-03-195730m

    A man is faced with a difficult decision when challenged by a gunman who has searched for him for years. To accept the challenge would mean almost certain death.

  • Ep 24

    24.There Were Four

    15-03-195730m

    A young man vows to get revenge on a wealthy rancher. He uses lawless methods because he regards an outlaw he knows as a hero. These methods, however, result in his being involved...

  • Ep 25

    25.Fugitive

    22-03-195730m

    Fleeing from Union soldiers, an ex-Confederate is helped by a young widow, who believes he's a Union man. The soldier soon realizes he has fallen in love with the widow.

  • Ep 26

    26.A Time to Live

    05-04-195730m

    A dance-hall singer tries to dissuade the man she loves from seeking revenge on a man who shot him and left him for dead.

  • Ep 27

    27.Black is for Grief

    12-04-195730m

    After serving in the Union Army, a young man learns that his wife has been murdered. In trying to find the killer he learns a strange story.

  • Ep 28

    28.Badge of Honor

    03-05-195730m

    Returning from the Civil War and tired of violence and bloodshed, Hoby Gilman is shocked to find his hometown in the grip of the cruel and power mad Colonel Boyd Nelson.

  • Ep 29

    29.Decision at Wilson's Creek

    17-05-195730m

    The Battle of Wilson's Creek occurred August 10, 1861 along Wilson's Creek, about ten miles south of Springfield. This six hour battle is considered to be the second major battle o...

  • Ep 30

    30.Man on the Run

    21-06-195730m

    An outlaw on the run winds up at a ranch run by more outlaws who have taken over the ranch. Duane tries to help the sisters regain control of the ranch.

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