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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!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 1 - Trail to Nowhere
    7.0/10(50 votes)

    #1 - Trail to Nowhere

    S3:E1

    Julie Holman swears vengeance when her husband is murdered. Suspecting Carl Benson, a man with whom her husband has quarreled, Julie rides out to his ranch. She finds that Benson has disappeared and sets out to track him down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 2 - The Scaffold
    7.7/10(34 votes)

    #2 - The Scaffold

    S3:E2

    An embittered man shoots one of the leading citizens.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 3 - Homecoming
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #3 - Homecoming

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 4 - The Accuser
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #4 - The Accuser

    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.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 5 - Legacy of a Legend
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #5 - Legacy of a Legend

    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.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 6 - To Sit in Judgment
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #6 - To Sit in Judgment

    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.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 7 - The Tall Shadow
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #7 - The Tall Shadow

    S3:E7

    Linc Hardway's father is one of the wealthiest men in the West. In his efforts to prove that he can do anything as well as his father, Linc encounters one failure after another, until even the girl he loves loses respect for him. Then Hardway's father is murdered and he is suspected of the crime.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 8 - The Vaunted
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #8 - The Vaunted

    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.

    Director:David Niven
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #9 - 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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  10. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 10 - Bury Me Dead
    7.9/10(32 votes)

    #10 - Bury Me Dead

    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.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #11 - 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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  12. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 12 - Medal for Valor
    7.9/10(30 votes)

    #12 - Medal for Valor

    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.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 13 - Living is a Lonesome Thing
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #13 - Living is a Lonesome Thing

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 14 - Day of the Killing
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #14 - Day of the Killing

    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.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 15 - Hang the Heart High
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #15 - Hang the Heart High

    S3:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 16 - Welcome Home a Stranger
    7.8/10(40 votes)

    #16 - Welcome Home a Stranger

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #17 - 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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  18. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 18 - Make It Look Good
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    #18 - Make It Look Good

    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.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 19 - A Thread of Respect
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    #19 - A Thread of Respect

    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.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 20 - Deadfall
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #20 - Deadfall

    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.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 21 - The Last Raid
    7.9/10(33 votes)

    #21 - The Last Raid

    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.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 22 - Man Alone
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #22 - Man Alone

    S3:E22

    A father determines that his son must kill Johnny Ringo in order to establish himself as the best gunfighter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 23 - Hanging Fever
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #23 - Hanging Fever

    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.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #24 - 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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  25. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3 Episode 25 - Heritage
    7.2/10(44 votes)

    #25 - Heritage

    S3:E25

    Victor Bers grows bitter when his son deserts their farm to join the Confederate Army.

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Trail to Nowhere" is the best rated episode of "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre" season 3. It scored 7/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/2/1958. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Scaffold".