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The Best Episodes of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

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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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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 2 Episode 21 - The Sharpshooter
    9.0/10(35 votes)

    #1 - The Sharpshooter

    S2:E21

    Lucas McCain and his son Mark arrive in North Fork, New Mexico. Looking to start a new life, they come across a ranch to their liking, which is for sale.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 17 - Honor Bright
    8.8/10(49 votes)

    #2 - Honor Bright

    S5:E17

    Ex-convict Ed Dubro has reluctantly agreed to his daughter's marriage to Vince Harwell. But on the wedding day, Laurie learns that Vince is already married.

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 2 - Desert Flight
    8.6/10(38 votes)

    #3 - Desert Flight

    S5:E2

    Brenner, Doyle and Sandy are a trio of bank robbers, who've come up with a really slick plan. But Brenner, the mastermind, hasn't taken Doyle's itchy trigger finger into account.

    Director:Budd Boetticher
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode in Darkness
    8.4/10(44 votes)

    #4 - Episode in Darkness

    S2:E7

    Traveling cattleman Ethan Boyan is framed in a frontier town for the slaying of a woman in a stagecoach holdup. The only person present when the crime was committed was Isabelle Rutledge, an embittered blind woman.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 29 - The Law and the Gun
    8.4/10(37 votes)

    #5 - The Law and the Gun

    S3:E29

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

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 21 - The Sunday Man
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    #6 - The Sunday Man

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 9 - Knife of Hate
    8.4/10(33 votes)

    #7 - Knife of Hate

    S5:E9

    Dr. Pittman's daughter is held hostage until the good doctor performs surgery on one of the outlaws.

    Director:Otto Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 2 Episode 28 - Threat of Violence
    8.3/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Threat of Violence

    S2:E28

    A gunman, tired of violence, hangs up his guns and tries to make a new life for himself as an attorney. But he finds that his reputation as a gunman hinders him. Then he takes the case of a man whose past record makes him the prime suspect in a murder case.

    Director:Robert Gordon
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 17 - Trail Incident
    8.3/10(30 votes)

    #9 - Trail Incident

    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 ...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 27 - Checkmate
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #10 - Checkmate

    S3:E27

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

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 4 - The Lonely Gun
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #11 - The Lonely Gun

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 14 - Miss Jenny
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #12 - Miss Jenny

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 28 - Deception
    8.3/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Deception

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 30 - Jericho
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #14 - Jericho

    S5:E30

    A woman sentenced to hang for the murder of her husband is sent a second chance by a Government Agent.

    Director:Harry Keller
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 2 Episode 25 - Shadow of a Dead Man
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #15 - Shadow of a Dead Man

    S2:E25

    Logan Wheeler seeks Raney Benson, a wanted bank robber for the reward money. Logan's father is close to losing his ranch and Logan sets out to help him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 24 - Trouble at Tres Cruces
    8.1/10(58 votes)

    #16 - Trouble at Tres Cruces

    S3:E24

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

    Director:Sam Peckinpah
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 2 - The Lone Woman
    8.1/10(34 votes)

    #17 - The Lone Woman

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 29 - Stagecoach to Yuma
    8.1/10(23 votes)

    #18 - Stagecoach to Yuma

    S4:E29

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 4 - The Ox
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #19 - The Ox

    S5:E4

    A former Confederate soldier who has spent some long years in prison, Ox has only one thing in mind - revenge on his old commanding officer for putting him behind bars.

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 26 - Man from Everywhere
    8.1/10(45 votes)

    #20 - Man from Everywhere

    S5:E26

    Sheriff Jed Morgan is worried about his prisoner, Tom Bowdry, because the local gentry seems to be getting lynch fever. Morgan hires guide Branch Taylor to hustle Bowdry to the nearby town of Borrego.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 12 - Muletown Gold Strike
    8.0/10(52 votes)

    #21 - Muletown Gold Strike

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 27 - Black is for Grief
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #22 - Black is for Grief

    S1:E27

    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.

    Director:Lewis Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 2 Episode 26 - Debt of Gratitude
    8.0/10(41 votes)

    #23 - Debt of Gratitude

    S2:E26

    Marshal Cam Tolby faces the enmity of the townspeople when he tries to take an outlaw to Prescott, Ariz., to stand trial for robbery and murder. His difficulties increase when the outlaw, despite handcuffs, manages to save a group of schoolchildren from disaster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 9 - Pressure Point
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #24 - Pressure Point

    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.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 11 - Let the Man Die
    8.0/10(39 votes)

    #25 - Let the Man Die

    S3:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Sharpshooter" is the best rated episode of "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre". It scored 9/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/7/1958. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Honor Bright".