The Best Episodes of The Dick Powell Show Season 2
Every episode of The Dick Powell Show Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dick Powell Show Season 2!
The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended. The first of these was Gregory Peck, who began the January 8 program with a tribute to Powell, recognizing him as "a great and good friend to our industry." Peck was followed by fellow actors such as Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Charles Boyer, Jackie Cooper, Rock Hudson, Milton Berle, Jack Lemmon, Dean Martin, Robert Taylor, Steve McQueen, David Niven, Danny Thomas, Robert Wagner and John Wayne.
Season 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Dick Powell Show" season 2 is "Special Assignment", rated 8.2/10 from 32 user votes. It was directed by Don Taylor and written by N/A. "Special Assignment" aired on 9/25/1962 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Tomorrow the Man".
8.2/10 32 votes#1 - Special Assignment
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1962
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Director: Don Taylor
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 10 votes
#2 - Tomorrow the Man
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1962
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Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 21 votes
#3 - Run Till It's Dark
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1962
Stacy Palmer is on the run and tries to lose herself in a crowd at a Las Vegas casino. Young Jake Cobb, out on one last fling before his marriage, is attracted to Stacy.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#4 - The Doomsday Boys
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1962
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 10 votes
#5 - The Sea Witch
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1962
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#6 - The Great Anatole
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1962
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Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 12 votes
#7 - The Honorable Albert Higgins
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1962
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Director: Don Taylor
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 17 votes
#8 - Days of Glory
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1962
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Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10 12 votes
#9 - In Search of a Son
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1962
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Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10 32 votes
#10 - Borderline
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1962
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Director: Charles F. Haas
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10 14 votes
#11 - Pericles on 31st Street
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1962
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Director: Sam Peckinpah
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 19 votes
#12 - The Court Martial of Captain Wycliff
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1962
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Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/10 18 votes
#13 - Crazy Sunday
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1962
Tyro screenwriter Joel Coles makes a fool of himself at a Hollywood party, and finds out a few hard truths about life in the movie business.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: James Poe
- 7.8/10 9 votes
#14 - The Big Day
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1962
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Director: Robert Florey
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10 15 votes
#15 - Project X
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1963
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Director: Walter Doniger
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10 47 votes
#16 - The Losers
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1963
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Director: Sam Peckinpah
Writer: N/A
- NaN/10 0 votes
#17 - Everybody Loves Sweeney
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1963
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Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10 16 votes
#18 - The Rage of Silence
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1963
Carol Lynley plays a deaf woman who teaches at a school for the deaf. Peter Falk also plays a deaf character who is smitten with her, and misinterprets her kindness toward him as affection. Falk is unable to communicate with her and is completely helpless and frustrated by the hearing world. This frustration eventually erupts into an act of violence that shatters everyone's lives.
Director: Don Taylor
Writer: Ed Spiegel, Jules Maitland
- 7.9/10 11 votes
#19 - The Judge
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/5/1963
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Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 16 votes
#20 - Luxury Liner
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1963
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 14 votes
#21 - Apples Don't Fall Far
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1963
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/10 29 votes
#22 - Tissue of Hate
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1963
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Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/10 14 votes
#23 - Thunder In A Forgotten Town
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1963
Ten years as a prisoner of the Chinese Reds hasn't made the folks in John Reardon's home town feel any differently about him - they still remember when he was the town hellion. (Several well known stars made cameo appearances.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10 18 votes
#24 - Colossus
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1963
In 1912, immigrants Eric Tegman and John Michael Reardon purchase some land in California's San Fernando Valley - infuriating native son Dan Corbett, who wanted the property for his ranch.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10 15 votes
#25 - Charlie's Duet
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/19/1963
Night-club owner Charlie Harris is in love with singer Linda Baxter, but that means trouble for her --- gambling king Louis Samson is threatening her life as a way of cutting himself in on Charlie's business.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A