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Zane Grey Theatre

The series is an anthology based on the works of Zane Grey, with Dick Powell frequently starring and hosting.

Episodes:

Episode 1 You Only Run Once

1. You Only Run Once

Aired: Oct 5, 1956

When horses begin to turn up missing, the county forms a vigilante committee....

Episode 2 Fearful Courage

2. Fearful Courage

Aired: Oct 12, 1956

Ranchers have hired a gunfighter to run farmers off the land. He kills a man ...

Episode 3 The Long Road Home

3. The Long Road Home

Aired: Oct 19, 1956

Sam Gracie returns to Texas from his law practice in Kansas. He is determined...

Episode 4 The Unrelenting Sky

4. The Unrelenting Sky

Aired: Oct 26, 1956

There is drought in the land. One rancher has diverted water onto his land an...

Episode 5 Lariat

5. Lariat

Aired: Nov 2, 1956

Dan Morgan accidentally kills a man and spends five years in jail. He returns...

Episode 6 Death Watch

6. Death Watch

Aired: Nov 9, 1956

Three soldiers and a scout try to cope while a band of Apache warriors surrou...

Episode 7 Stage for Tucson

7. Stage for Tucson

Aired: Nov 16, 1956

A Tucson-bound stagecoach stops for a half-hour rest at an isolated depot. Th...

Episode 9 Vengeance Canyon

9. Vengeance Canyon

Aired: Nov 30, 1956

Clint Harding is on a mission to kill his father when he falls in with a grou...

Episode 10 Return to Nowhere

10. Return to Nowhere

Aired: Dec 7, 1956

An outlaw gunfighter is haunted by his past and is trying to find his life. H...

Episode 11 Courage Is a Gun

11. Courage Is a Gun

Aired: Dec 14, 1956

Johnny Adler comes to town. He is fast with a gun and loves to be feared. He ...

Episode 12 Muletown Gold Strike

12. Muletown Gold Strike

Aired: Dec 21, 1956

Mason Ward, a former soldier, wants to leave the war behind and find new work...

Episode 13 Star Over Texas

13. Star Over Texas

Aired: Dec 28, 1956

Joel Todd is in a marriage for convenience to a younger woman. They are movin...

Episode 14 Three Graves

14. Three Graves

Aired: Jan 4, 1957

Cass Kendall is looking for the easy life. He is fast with a gun but not fast...

Episode 15 No Man Living

15. No Man Living

Aired: Jan 11, 1957

Jim Todd, a former sheriff, has committed his life to track down the four men...

Episode 16 Time of Decision

16. Time of Decision

Aired: Jan 18, 1957

The son of the most influential man in the territory goads a farmer into a gu...

Episode 17 Until the Man Dies

17. Until the Man Dies

Aired: Jan 25, 1957

Clint Belmet stops a lynching. He wants to prove that Nevada is a place of la...

Episode 18 Backtrail

18. Backtrail

Aired: Feb 1, 1957

Kane Eldridge wants to own the whole valley. He brings in a gunman to scare t...

Episode 19 Dangerous Orders

19. Dangerous Orders

Aired: Feb 8, 1957

A Union army captain is given orders to carry through Indian country. But can...

Episode 20 The Necessary Breed

20. The Necessary Breed

Aired: Feb 15, 1957

A bounty hunter tracks a man to his home town. After he kills the man, he sto...

Episode 21 Village of Fear

21. Village of Fear

Aired: Feb 22, 1957

A traveling book salesman happens upon a town, finds a man hanging, and then ...

Episode 23 There Were Four

23. There Were Four

Aired: Mar 8, 1957

Andy Todd wants revenge for the man responsible for the death of his father. ...

Episode 24 Fugitive

24. Fugitive

Aired: Mar 15, 1957

A woman finds an injured fugitive in her barn. She soon finds that he has inf...

Episode 25 A Time to Live

25. A Time to Live

Aired: Mar 22, 1957

Steve is the lone survivor of a disastrous armed robbery. He recovers from hi...

Episode 26 Black Is for Grief

26. Black Is for Grief

Aired: Apr 5, 1957

JEFF Anderson comes home after a long absence because of the war to find his ...

Episode 27 Badge of Honor

27. Badge of Honor

Aired: Apr 12, 1957

Hoby Gilman returns to Crawford, Texas after the war and finds the town is ta...

Episode 29 Man on the Run

29. Man on the Run

Aired: May 17, 1957

A man in the desert follows a dead man's horse in hopes it will lead him to w...

Main Cast

Appearances

Zane Grey Theatre Videos

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season One promo

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season One promo

Info about Zane Grey Theatre

Seasons: 5

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Western