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

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 5 Seasons 147 Episodes ⭐ 6.2 Western Drama

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

You Only Run Once

When horses begin to turn up missing, the county forms a vigilante committee. Rancher Matt Jessop has the bad luck to in

EP 2

The Fearful Courage

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

The Long Road Home

A man returns to his Texas home with his mind set on accomplishing two things, he wants to avenge his brother's death an

EP 4

The Unrelenting Sky

When the drought causes much suffering in a small town and one man has water but will not let anyone near his ranch or l

EP 5

The Lariat

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

EP 6

Death Watch

After his troops are killed Captain Warling decides to face the Indians alone, they turn and flee when they realize that

EP 7

Stage to Tucson

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

EP 8

A Quiet Sunday in San Ardo

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

EP 9

Vengeance Canyon

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

EP 10

Return to Nowhere

An outlaw gunfighter is haunted by his past and is trying to find his life. He goes looking for his wife and finds she i

EP 11

Courage is a Gun

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

EP 12

Muletown Gold Strike

Mason Ward just back from the war discovers his law office destroyed he heads west to a new town and another job. Hired

EP 13

Stars Over Texas

When a Wagon from Indiana is ambushed and burned by bushwackers, little Annie Morgan loses her family and gains a new on

EP 14

The Three Graves

A gunman moves into a sleepy western town with the intention of taking it over for himself. But a pretty young woman set

EP 15

No Man Living

A sheriff gives up his badge to exact personal revenge on an outlaw who has wronged him. The criminal he seeks has caref

EP 16

Time of Decision

A land baron's son provokes a homesteader into a gun fight and ends up dead. The town hates homesteaders but finds a kin

EP 17

Until the Man Dies

Cattle rancher Clint Belmet saves criminal Dave Jordan from a lynching determined not to allow mob rule to deprive Nevad

EP 18

Back Trail

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

EP 19

Dangerous Orders

Captain Hunter is sent to deliver important orders to the next fort and encounters several disruptions along his way. A

EP 20

The Necessary Breed

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

EP 21

The Hanging Tree

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

EP 22

Village of Fear

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

EP 23

Black Creek Encounter

A man is faced with a difficult decision when challenged by a gunman who has searched for him for years. To accept the c

EP 24

There Were Four

A young man vows to get revenge on a wealthy rancher. He uses lawless methods because he regards an outlaw he knows as a

EP 25

Fugitive

Fleeing from Union soldiers, an ex-Confederate is helped by a young widow, who believes he's a Union man. The soldier so

EP 26

A Time to Live

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

Black is for Grief

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

EP 28

Badge of Honor

Returning from the Civil War and tired of violence and bloodshed, Hoby Gilman is shocked to find his hometown in the gri

EP 29

Decision at Wilson's Creek

The Battle of Wilson's Creek occurred August 10, 1861 along Wilson's Creek, about ten miles south of Springfield. This s

EP 30

Man on the Run

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 sist

EP 1

The Deserters

Sergeant Major Dravo is on the trail of deserters, and his disgust with these traitors has no bounds.

EP 2

Blood in the Dust

Yankee Jim Horncuff is confronted by gunman Burke.

EP 3

A Gun is for Killing

""Make your play Billy Jack,"" says young Bobby as he pretends with his father's pistol, which is against the family's r

EP 4

Proud Woman

When Consuela Bowers arrives in the West, she hires a man to work on her father's ranch. She does not know that he is a

EP 5

Ride a Lonely Trail

The town council decides to retire old Sheriff Larson against much protest from the oldtime sheriff himself who does not

EP 6

The Promise

A dying rancher forces his restless young son to promise he will remain on the ranch with his older brother Noah.

EP 7

Episode in Darkness

Traveling cattleman Ethan Boyan is framed in a frontier town for the slaying of a woman in a stagecoach holdup. The only

EP 8

The Open Cell

Sheriff Morgan Winter decides to give a young man involved in a shooting another chance by taking him into his custody f

EP 9

A Man to Look Up To

Lawyer Jud Lester is just arriving in town right after a robbery when he finds one of the robbers hiding in his office w

EP 10

The Bitter Land

A matriarch is adamanant about keeping the Spring Waters for her ranch and endangers her grandson, while other ranchers

EP 11

Gift From a Gunman

After he is wounded in a gun duel, Will Gorman resolves to forsake the gunman's life. He visits an old friend, whose res

EP 12

A Gun for My Bride

The daughter of a wealthy cattleman elopes with one of her father's ranch hands. Then he learns that her new husband is

EP 13

Man Unforgiving

Ex-army Medical corp doctor Ben Harper winds up in a town run by a crippled sheriff who holds a personal grudge against

EP 14

Trial by Fear

Gunslinger Tod Owen is on trial for murder, when he is found not guilty, it comes out that the dead man's brother had mo

EP 15

The Freighter

Belle is running a freightline outfit. Murdock and his sons are causing problems for Belle and are forcing a merger the

EP 16

This Man Must Die

A sentenced to hang man escapes and returns to his home town to kill the witness whose false testimony convicted him.

EP 17

Wire

A man who has spent most of his life working other people's property, vows to own land of his own. He homesteads on gove

EP 18

License to Kill

A frontier sheriff finds he is unable to cope with a group of trouble-making trailherders when he breaks his arm. The hi

EP 19

Sundown at Bitter Creek

A man arrives in the town of Bitter Creek. Though he is trying to live down his past as a gun fighter the stranger learn

EP 20

The Stranger

Cort McConnell rides into town, when he sees a man running out of the general store and after he wrestles him down they

EP 21

The Sharpshooter

Lucas McCain and his son Mark arrive in North Fork, New Mexico. Looking to start a new life, they come across a ranch to

EP 22

Man of Fear

The famed gunman Doc Holliday visits a young married couple who are friends of his. He learns that the wife holds her hu

EP 23

The Doctor Keeps a Promise

Dr. Allan McMurdo tries to save the life of Dave Bechdolt who was shot when he tried to rob a man so that he could buy s

EP 24

Three Days to Death

An Easterner learns that his brother has been killed out West and sets out to find the murderer. He learns that the kill

EP 25

Shadow of a Dead Man

Logan Wheeler seeks Raney Benson, a wanted bank robber for the reward money. Logan's father is close to losing his ranch

EP 26

Debt of Gratitude

Marshal Cam Tolby faces the enmity of the townspeople when he tries to take an outlaw to Prescott, Ariz., to stand trial

EP 27

A Handful of Ashes

Old timer Ben Carey wants to become Deputy but the town thinks he's too old for the job. He takes in a man with a snake

EP 28

Threat of Violence

A gunman, tired of violence, hangs up his guns and tries to make a new life for himself as an attorney. But he finds tha

EP 29

Utopia, Wyoming

A clan of Confederates from Georgia looking for a new way of life settle in a deserted Wyoming ghost town that they have

EP 1

Trail to Nowhere

Julie Holman swears vengeance when her husband is murdered. Suspecting Carl Benson, a man with whom her husband has quar

EP 2

The Scaffold

An embittered man shoots one of the leading citizens.

EP 3

Homecoming

Though Adam Larkin has spent many years trying to make a living from his land, he has only met with failure. When his wi

EP 4

The Accuser

After discovering the body of a murdered rancher, Milo Brant tries to comfort the grieving widow. The widow's little son

EP 5

Legacy of a Legend

A drifter arrives in a small Western town claiming to be a famous lawman who had lived there years before. The townspeop

EP 6

To Sit in Judgment

When a youngster bites off more trouble than he can chew a sympathetic sheriff takes the hard course on teaching him a l

EP 7

The Tall Shadow

Linc Hardway's father is one of the wealthiest men in the West. In his efforts to prove that he can do anything as well

EP 8

The Vaunted

Wanted criminal Jess Matson has been on the run for over a year, he heads back to visit his family and encounters a surp

EP 9

Pressure Point

Jess Clark becomes blind when his horse breaks his leg in a gopher hole in Top Rock, a small town that wants nothing to

EP 10

Bury Me Dead

Lorimer is forced to help outlaw Redfern, who is holding Jed's wife hostage, with a Marshal on the trail of Redfern, Lor

EP 11

Let the Man Die

Dr. Reynolds faces a painful temptation - if he allows a patient to die, his son's future will be assured.

EP 12

Medal for Valor

David Manning asks Rufus Stewart for money so he can relocate to a warmer climate due to his wife's illness. The catch i

EP 13

Living is a Lonesome Thing

A wealthy rancher is trying to monopolize the cattle drives leaving Texas. Small ranchers are trying to put their own dr

EP 14

Day of the Killing

Blacksmith Jonas Sutton is elected sheriff. After he takes office, townfolk pressure him into hunting down a murderer wh

EP 15

Hang the Heart High

Discontented with her marriage, Regan Moore attracts the love of gunman Dix Porter with serious consequences.

EP 16

Welcome Home a Stranger

After the Civil War, lawman Ben Sanderson returns to his Southern home to find things very changed.

EP 17

Trail Incident

Andy McCall comes across a teenage boy wandering through the country. The boy, Peter Owens tells of being thrown by a ho

EP 18

Make It Look Good

When Sam Carter refuses to accept his share of stolen money, he inadvertently places his wife Jenny's life in jeopardy.

EP 19

A Thread of Respect

Gino Pelleti, an immigrant tailor, opens a shop in Yucca City. He and his son are subjected to cruel pranks, but he does

EP 20

Deadfall

A gunman just out of prison is framed for robbery, convicted and sent back to prison. On the way, outlaws kill the sheri

EP 21

The Last Raid

Miguel and his gang get away from the band with several thousand pesos in gold. But Miguel is betrayed by one of his men

EP 22

Man Alone

A father determines that his son must kill Johnny Ringo in order to establish himself as the best gunfighter.

EP 23

Hanging Fever

Sam Walston, a town leader, sets out to bring justice to a small town after a murder. A suspect suddenly leaves town and

EP 24

Trouble at Tres Cruces

After many years away from his family, Dave Blasingame is asked to return home.

EP 25

Heritage

Victor Bers grows bitter when his son deserts their farm to join the Confederate Army.

EP 26

The Sunrise Gun

Bitter memories plague old Johnny Sunrise, one-time gunslinger.

EP 27

Checkmate

The story of Ward Pendleton, an examiner for a chain of banks, as he travels throughtout the old west.

EP 28

Mission To Marathon

Gil Durand, dishonorably discharged from the Army, is asked by the government to locate an Army major.

EP 29

The Law and the Gun

John Welker's new bride is killed by bank robbers. John goes undercover to try and infiltrate the gang.

EP 1

Interrogation

After being captured by the Mexican Army, Captain Kraig holds fast to the interrogation concerning the whereabouts of th

EP 2

The Lone Woman

An Indian is skulking around a ranch house and kills the eldest son of the family living there. The mother is filled wit

EP 3

Confession

A New York newspaper reporter comes West to do a story on Sheriff Agate Slade. He forms an immediate dislike for the she

EP 4

The Lonely Gun

An outlaw returns home to see his brother. He finds that his brother is dead. His nephew has sold the ranch to pay debts

EP 5

Hand on the Latch

A man is shot while escaping from an army prison camp during the civil war. He happens upon a small farm house where the

EP 6

Shadows

Loy Bannister is the town's most powerful figure because of his political and economic influence. In a wild bid to gain

EP 7

Mission

At a frontier cavalry post, a newly arrived black trooper must earn the respect and trust of his fellow cavalrymen, most

EP 8

Lonesome Road

Marshall Ben Clark cleaned up the town, but now he is going to far in his effort to suppress dissent. The townspeople de

EP 9

King of the Valley

A wealthy rancher is blamed for missing funds at a bank.

EP 10

Rebel Range

A strong willed woman and her son return to their old home to find it occupied by a former civil war soldier who refuses

EP 11

Death in a Wood

Two Confederate soldiers, sent into the woods on a reconnaissance mission, suddenly realize that they are being watched.

EP 12

The Grubstake

Released after a long prison term, prospector Jim Goad is ready to resume panning for gold and he plans to take his son

EP 13

The Ghost

Marshal Monty Elstrode is captured by an outlaw gang who are planning to organize a new Confederate Army. Elstrode is sh

EP 14

Miss Jenny

Jenny Breckenridge is unhappy with her life. She would much rather be back in the city, where she comes from. than out w

EP 15

The Reckoning

Mace, a cattleman, hates sheepherders because he believes that sheep ruin good grazing land.

EP 16

Wayfarers

A forlorn young woman comes to a hostile village to tell her husband, who has been working there, she is pregnant.

EP 17

Picture of Sal

Jed a former spy during the Civil War shows up in a Nevada casino run by Sal, whom he left standing at the altar years b

EP 18

Never Too Late

Ginger Rogers plays a land-hungry woman who hires a gunman to help her.

EP 19

Man in the Middle

An Indian agent has a double task: convincing the townspeople that a young man deserves punishment for shooting an India

EP 20

Guns for Garibaldi

Townspeople are disappointed when Giulio Mandati comes to Indian Creek to take over his brother's gold claim. They had h

EP 21

The Sunday Man

Sheriff Walt Devlin and his brother, Deputy Bill Devlin, are alike in name only. Walt is a letter-of-the-law man who bel

EP 22

Set-Up

When a rancher is set-up for a crime he did not commit he finds out more than he needed to know.

EP 23

A Small Town That Died

An ex-convict hears about a good ranch job - but he arrives to find the rancher murdered.

EP 24

Killer Instinct

McGill acts the big man in town and makes the sheriff look bad to the townspeople.

EP 25

Sundown Smith

After Bobby's mother is murdered by Outlaw Jesse Harp, he runs into Sundown Smith and sets him up for the fall as the mu

EP 26

Calico Bait

Deputy Sam Anders is looking for Davey Morse for the murder of a shopkeeper.

EP 27

Seed of Evil

Malachi West has developed a bitter hatred for the Union secret-service man who was responsible for his son's death duri

EP 28

Deception

In an effort to thwart thieving outlaws that rob their stagecoaches, the stage-line's main operators come up with a plan

EP 29

Stagecoach to Yuma

Marshal Dave Harmon heads for Yuma to end the lawless reign of a notorious woman.

EP 1

A Gun for Willie

When simple Willie receives a reward for killing an outlaw he becomes the big man in town, until it turns out that Willi

EP 2

Desert Flight

Brenner, Doyle and Sandy are a trio of bank robbers, who've come up with a really slick plan. But Brenner, the mastermin

EP 3

Cry Hope! Cry Hate!

After her son goes missing a search party goes out looking for the youngster.

EP 4

The Ox

A former Confederate soldier who has spent some long years in prison, Ox has only one thing in mind - revenge on his old

EP 5

So Young the Savage Land

Beth and Jim Brayden have struggled to keep their ranch when the greed of a neighboring rancher tries to lay claim to th

EP 6

Ransom

Comanche Indians raid a shepherd's camp, killing all the hands except an itinerant cowboy named Dundee. He doesn't have

EP 7

The Last Bugle

Geronimo and his renagades are on the warpath again. Army officer Gatewood heads for the Mexican Sierras with two Apache

EP 8

The Black Wagon

Sarah Harmon is traveling in a wagon train which halts at the scene of an Apache raid.

EP 9

Knife of Hate

Dr. Pittman's daughter is held hostage until the good doctor performs surgery on one of the outlaws.

EP 10

The Mormons

Matt Rowland is determined to prevent Mormons from entering into Joshua City after he hears there is cholera aboard the

EP 11

The Man From Yesterday

An old-time gunslinger named Mapes gets out of prison and returns to track down John Duncan, the man who framed him many

EP 12

Morning Incident

Laurie Pritchard is a farm girl engaged to a farm boy but the farm life isn't consistent with her dreams. Then she meets

EP 13

Ambush

Union Army Col. Blackburn commands a squad of mercenary soldiers whose current mission is to get vital papers through Co

EP 14

One Must Die

John Baylor is summoned to the home of a friend of his fathers. The man is dying and wishes to leave everything to one o

EP 15

The Long Shadow

Widow Amy Lawson's son, a Cavalry Officer, is killed in action. Amy blames Major Sinclair for her son's death. The major

EP 16

Blood Red

Jess Whiting is a driven man, he is afraid that the Indian uprising is because of his Indian wife and that she will be t

EP 17

Honor Bright

Ex-convict Ed Dubro has reluctantly agreed to his daughter's marriage to Vince Harwell. But on the wedding day, Laurie l

EP 18

The Broken Wing

Lyman now a cripple, years ago tried to fly through the air under his own power. Now Lyman's nephew Thalian is determine

EP 19

The Silent Sentry

A wintery outpost leaves the last two soldiers, one a Rebel the other Confederate to survive their blistering hatred.

EP 20

The Bible Man

Jimmy Pierce holds his father, a religious preacher responsible for the death of his mother.

EP 21

The Scar

The scar on Jesse Martin's life is his memory of his months in a prison camp during the Civil War.

EP 22

Knight of the Sun

Henry Jacob Hanley, a drunken desert rat, is just making himself at home in a deserted fort when he acquires some compan

EP 23

A Warm Day in Heaven

In the sleepy decent town of Heaven, evil arrives in the form of Nick Finn, as Michael Peters soon finds out he is the o

EP 24

The Empty Shell

Madden a cowardly farmer is fearful that not only are they after his land but his wife as well.

EP 25

The Atoner

New Bethlehem, Arizona, has no saloons or gambling halls because of the House of Matthew religious sect which inhabits i

EP 26

Man from Everywhere

Sheriff Jed Morgan is worried about his prisoner, Tom Bowdry, because the local gentry seems to be getting lynch fever.

EP 27

The Release

Prisoner Lee DuVal could go free by working for the governor of Texas.

EP 28

Storm Over Eden

Chet Loring, Ellen Gaynor, and Billie Gaynor grew up together in the same house. Chet wants to marry Ellen but accidenta

EP 29

Image of a Drawn Sword

Union Lieutenant Sam Kenyon informs the citizens of an isolated Rebel community that some rookie troops will be camping

EP 30

Jericho

A woman sentenced to hang for the murder of her husband is sent a second chance by a Government Agent.

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