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The Best Episodes of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3

Every episode of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3

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. 8.3/10(27 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. 8.3/10(32 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 8.1/10(47 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 8.1/10(32 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 8.0/10(31 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 8.0/10(33 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. 7.9/10(28 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. 7.9/10(35 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 7.9/10(34 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 7.9/10(42 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. 7.9/10(25 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 7.8/10(28 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. 7.8/10(26 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. 7.8/10(36 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. 7.8/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Make It Look Good

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    S3:E18

    When Sam Carter refuses to accept his share of stolen money, he inadvertently places his wife Jenny's life in jeopardy. Carter's companions in crime suspect that he has informed on them.

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    Director:Anton Leader
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  17. 7.7/10(30 votes)

    #16 - To Sit in Judgment

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    S3:E6

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

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    Director:John English
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  18. 7.7/10(31 votes)

    #17 - The Vaunted

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    S3:E8

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

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    Director:David Niven
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  19. 7.7/10(28 votes)

    #18 - Deadfall

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    S3:E20

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

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    Director:Jerry Hopper
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  20. 7.7/10(28 votes)

    #19 - The Last Raid

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    S3:E21

    Miguel and his gang get away from the band with several thousand pesos in gold. But Miguel is betrayed by one of his men, who steals the gold, takes Miguel's girl and her younger brother, and escapes to a hiding place in the mountains.

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    Director:John English
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  21. 7.7/10(32 votes)

    #20 - The Sunrise Gun

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    S3:E26

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

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    Director:Phil Karlson
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  22. 7.6/10(31 votes)

    #21 - The Scaffold

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    S3:E2

    An embittered man shoots one of the leading citizens.

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    Director:Robert Florey
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  23. 7.6/10(25 votes)

    #22 - Homecoming

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    S3:E3

    Though Adam Larkin has spent many years trying to make a living from his land, he has only met with failure. When his wife tells him that she is expecting a child, Larkin goes to the bank and asks for a loan, but the bank refuses it. Larkin decides to take what he needs.

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  24. 7.6/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Legacy of a Legend

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    S3:E5

    A drifter arrives in a small Western town claiming to be a famous lawman who had lived there years before. The townspeople, who remember the lawman as a young and vigorous man, refuse to believe him.

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    Director:Jerry Hopper
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  25. 7.6/10(39 votes)

    #24 - A Thread of Respect

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    S3:E19

    Gino Pelleti, an immigrant tailor, opens a shop in Yucca City. He and his son are subjected to cruel pranks, but he doesn't believe in violence and refuses to defend himself.

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    Director:John English
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  26. 7.6/10(24 votes)

    #25 - Mission To Marathon

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    S3:E28

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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Trail Incident" is the best rated episode of "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre" season 3. It scored 8.3/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/29/1959. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Law and the Gun".