Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Best Episodes of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Genres:WesternDrama
Network:CBS

Every episode of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre!

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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  1. 8.6/10(29 votes)

    #1 - Miss Jenny

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    S4:E14

    Jenny Breckenridge is unhappy with her life. She would much rather be back in the city, where she comes from. than out west with her husband, a lazy drunk. A good-looking young cowboy who stops by sparks her interest, but then the man announces that he has a plan--he's going to take Jenny as his own, and to show that he means business he shoots her husband.

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  2. 8.4/10(32 votes)

    #2 - The Lonely Gun

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    S4:E4

    An outlaw returns home to see his brother. He finds that his brother is dead. His nephew has sold the ranch to pay debts and is about to set out on a life of getting rich fast.

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  3. 8.4/10(28 votes)

    #3 - The Sunday Man

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    S4:E21

    Sheriff Walt Devlin and his brother, Deputy Bill Devlin, are alike in name only. Walt is a letter-of-the-law man who believes the end does not justify the means. Bill's methods are sometimes questionable and certain citizens suspect that he's a lawman purely for the thrill of gunslinging.

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  4. 8.3/10(27 votes)

    #4 - Trail Incident

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    S3:E17

    Andy McCall comes across a teenage boy wandering through the country. The boy, Peter Owens tells of being thrown by a horse, and his father is Tim Owens, the biggest banker in Chicago. Back at camp Charlie the cook who's been crippled by an accident is bitter he can never partner Andy like they'd always dreamed. The cattle drive continues and Peter starts to adapt to camp life, first as a cook's helper and then as one of the riders. Charlie tells the boy he will stake him a ticket for the stagecoach when they get close to a nearby town. Arriving at Redcliff Charlie ...

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  5. 8.3/10(32 votes)

    #5 - The Law and the Gun

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    S3:E29

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

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    Director:John English
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  6. 8.2/10(26 votes)

    #6 - Deception

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    S4:E28

    In an effort to thwart thieving outlaws that rob their stagecoaches, the stage-line's main operators come up with a plan that is not only unorthodox but risky as well.

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  8. 8.1/10(47 votes)

    #7 - Trouble at Tres Cruces

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    S3:E24

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

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    Director:Sam Peckinpah
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  9. 8.1/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Checkmate

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    S3:E27

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

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    Director:John English
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  10. 8.0/10(31 votes)

    #9 - Pressure Point

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    S3:E9

    Jess Clark becomes blind when his horse breaks his leg in a gopher hole in Top Rock, a small town that wants nothing to do with gunfighters. After a prison break Lew Banning goes after Clark who killed his brother not caring that the old timer is blind now.

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    Director:John English
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  11. 8.0/10(33 votes)

    #10 - Let the Man Die

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    S3:E11

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

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  12. 8.0/10(31 votes)

    #11 - The Lone Woman

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    S4:E2

    An Indian is skulking around a ranch house and kills the eldest son of the family living there. The mother is filled with hate and wants him dead. Soon the Indian returns.

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  13. 8.0/10(29 votes)

    #12 - Hand on the Latch

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    S4:E5

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

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  14. 8.0/10(21 votes)

    #13 - Stagecoach to Yuma

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    S4:E29

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

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  15. 7.9/10(28 votes)

    #14 - Bury Me Dead

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    S3:E10

    Lorimer is forced to help outlaw Redfern, who is holding Jed's wife hostage, with a Marshal on the trail of Redfern, Lorimer is trying desperately to protect Redfern in order to keep her alive.

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    Director:John English
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  16. 7.9/10(35 votes)

    #15 - Living is a Lonesome Thing

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    S3:E13

    A wealthy rancher is trying to monopolize the cattle drives leaving Texas. Small ranchers are trying to put their own drive together. The wealthy rancher hires a man's wayward son to sabotage the effort.

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  17. 7.9/10(34 votes)

    #16 - Day of the Killing

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    S3:E14

    Blacksmith Jonas Sutton is elected sheriff. After he takes office, townfolk pressure him into hunting down a murderer who previously had saved Sutton's son.

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    Director:John English
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  18. 7.9/10(42 votes)

    #17 - Hang the Heart High

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    S3:E15

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

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  19. 7.9/10(25 votes)

    #18 - Hanging Fever

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    S3:E23

    Sam Walston, a town leader, sets out to bring justice to a small town after a murder. A suspect suddenly leaves town and the people don't want to wait for a trial. What Walston doesn't know is that his own wife is the suspect's alibi.

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    Director:John English
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  20. 7.9/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Confession

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    S4:E3

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

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  21. 7.9/10(20 votes)

    #20 - Shadows

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    S4:E6

    Loy Bannister is the town's most powerful figure because of his political and economic influence. In a wild bid to gain Bannister's admiration, young Branch Neeley agrees to stand trial for a murder he didn't commit.

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  22. 7.9/10(19 votes)

    #21 - The Grubstake

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    S4:E12

    Released after a long prison term, prospector Jim Goad is ready to resume panning for gold and he plans to take his son with him. But the boy who was raised by friends of Jim's has fallen in with a bad crowd.

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  23. 7.9/10(21 votes)

    #22 - The Ghost

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    S4:E13

    Marshal Monty Elstrode is captured by an outlaw gang who are planning to organize a new Confederate Army. Elstrode is shocked to learn that the leader of the group is the supposedly dead murderer of President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth.

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  24. 7.8/10(28 votes)

    #23 - The Accuser

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    S3:E4

    After discovering the body of a murdered rancher, Milo Brant tries to comfort the grieving widow. The widow's little son, however distrusts Brant and resents the man's attentions to his mother.

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    Director:John English
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  25. 7.8/10(26 votes)

    #24 - Medal for Valor

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    S3:E12

    David Manning asks Rufus Stewart for money so he can relocate to a warmer climate due to his wife's illness. The catch is that he serve in the U.S. Armory under Stewart's sons name for so that his son can run for U.S. senate.

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
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  26. 7.8/10(36 votes)

    #25 - Welcome Home a Stranger

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    S3:E16

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Miss Jenny" is the best rated episode of "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre". It scored 8.6/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/7/1960. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Lonely Gun".