List of episodes of the series «Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre»

  • Seasons count: 5
  • Episodes count: 147
  • Total viewing time: 3 d. 1 h. 30 m.
You Only Run Once
Release date: 10/5/1956

You Only Run Once

  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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. Will the two drag Matt and his family down with them?
The Fearful Courage
Release date: 10/12/1956

The Fearful Courage

  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    After witnessing a murder Louise Brandon is then hunted by the gunmen who want to end her life for fear she will testify.
The Long Road Home
Release date: 10/19/1956

The Long Road Home

  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Unrelenting Sky
Release date: 10/26/1956

The Unrelenting Sky

  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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 survival.
The Lariat
Release date: 11/2/1956

The Lariat

  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    After serving five years for accidentally killing a man with a lariat, Morgan returns to seek justice from the Judge who sentenced him.
Death Watch
Release date: 11/9/1956

Death Watch

  • Episode number: 6
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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 evil spirits may come after them.
Stage to Tucson
Release date: 11/16/1956

Stage to Tucson

  • Episode number: 7
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Marshal Thorpe has received a tip that bank robber Bide Turley is on the stage from Las Cruces to Tucson.
A Quiet Sunday in San Ardo
Release date: 11/23/1956

A Quiet Sunday in San Ardo

  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Retired gunfighter wants to live a peaceful quiet life but there are those that won't let that happen.
Vengeance Canyon
Release date: 11/30/1956

Vengeance Canyon

  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    After his son is murdered Joe seeks revenge on his killer.
Return to Nowhere
Release date: 12/7/1956

Return to Nowhere

  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Courage is a Gun
Release date: 12/14/1956

Courage is a Gun

  • Episode number: 11
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Muletown Gold Strike
Release date: 12/21/1956

Muletown Gold Strike

  • Episode number: 12
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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 treasure map from one of his students.
Stars Over Texas
Release date: 12/28/1956

Stars Over Texas

  • Episode number: 13
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Three Graves
Release date: 1/4/1957

The Three Graves

  • Episode number: 14
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
No Man Living
Release date: 1/11/1957

No Man Living

  • Episode number: 15
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Time of Decision
Release date: 1/18/1957

Time of Decision

  • Episode number: 16
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Until the Man Dies
Release date: 1/25/1957

Until the Man Dies

  • Episode number: 17
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Back Trail
Release date: 2/1/1957

Back Trail

  • Episode number: 18
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Ex-gunman John Fallon takes on the town bullies who are trying to get rid of the farmers and take their land.
Dangerous Orders
Release date: 2/8/1957

Dangerous Orders

  • Episode number: 19
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Necessary Breed
Release date: 2/15/1957

The Necessary Breed

  • Episode number: 20
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Hanging Tree
Release date: 2/22/1957

The Hanging Tree

  • Episode number: 21
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    The town is out to hang a man without the marshal around, they become the judge jury and executioner.
Village of Fear
Release date: 3/1/1957

Village of Fear

  • Episode number: 22
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    A traveling book salesman is greeted by a dead man hanging in an alley when he arrives in a deserted Western town.
Black Creek Encounter
Release date: 3/8/1957

Black Creek Encounter

  • Episode number: 23
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
There Were Four
Release date: 3/15/1957

There Were Four

  • Episode number: 24
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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 in a rustling scheme.
Fugitive
Release date: 3/22/1957

Fugitive

  • Episode number: 25
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
A Time to Live
Release date: 4/5/1957

A Time to Live

  • Episode number: 26
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Black is for Grief
Release date: 4/12/1957

Black is for Grief

  • Episode number: 27
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Badge of Honor
Release date: 5/3/1957

Badge of Honor

  • Episode number: 28
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Decision at Wilson's Creek
Release date: 5/17/1957

Decision at Wilson's Creek

  • Episode number: 29
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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 of the Civil War and the first major battle west of the Mississippi River.
Man on the Run
Release date: 6/21/1957

Man on the Run

  • Episode number: 30
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.