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The Worst 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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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 30 - Man on the Run
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Man on the Run

    S1:E30

    An outlaw on the run winds up at a ranch run by more outlaws who have taken over the ranch. Duane tries to help the sisters regain control of the ranch.

    Director:Felix E. Feist
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 14 - One Must Die
    5.5/10(195 votes)

    #2 - One Must Die

    S5:E14

    John Baylor is summoned to the home of a friend of his fathers. The man is dying and wishes to leave everything to one of his two daughters. John wants to find out why one daughter is excluded.

    Director:Lewis Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 10 - Rebel Range
    5.9/10(197 votes)

    #3 - Rebel Range

    S4:E10

    A strong willed woman and her son return to their old home to find it occupied by a former civil war soldier who refuses to leave.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 6 - Death Watch
    6.5/10(57 votes)

    #4 - Death Watch

    S1:E6

    After his troops are killed Captain Warling decides to face the Indians alone, they turn and flee when they realize that the Captain is no longer in his right mind and they fear evil spirits may come after them.

    Director:Bernard Girard
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 7 - The Last Bugle
    6.6/10(28 votes)

    #5 - The Last Bugle

    S5:E7

    Geronimo and his renagades are on the warpath again. Army officer Gatewood heads for the Mexican Sierras with two Apache prisoners to try and talk the ruthless leader into surrender.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 25 - The Atoner
    6.7/10(24 votes)

    #6 - The Atoner

    S5:E25

    New Bethlehem, Arizona, has no saloons or gambling halls because of the House of Matthew religious sect which inhabits it.

    Director:László Benedek
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 27 - The Release
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    #7 - The Release

    S5:E27

    Prisoner Lee DuVal could go free by working for the governor of Texas.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 28 - Badge of Honor
    6.8/10(42 votes)

    #8 - Badge of Honor

    S1:E28

    Returning from the Civil War and tired of violence and bloodshed, Hoby Gilman is shocked to find his hometown in the grip of the cruel and power mad Colonel Boyd Nelson.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:John Robinson

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  9. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 22 - Set-Up
    6.8/10(31 votes)

    #9 - Set-Up

    S4:E22

    When a rancher is set-up for a crime he did not commit he finds out more than he needed to know.

    Director:Robert Florey
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 15 - The Long Shadow
    6.9/10(40 votes)

    #10 - The Long Shadow

    S5:E15

    Widow Amy Lawson's son, a Cavalry Officer, is killed in action. Amy blames Major Sinclair for her son's death. The major isn't just the Cavalry commander - he's Amy's fiance.

    Director:Budd Boetticher
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 4 - The Unrelenting Sky
    7.0/10(56 votes)

    #11 - The Unrelenting Sky

    S1:E4

    When the drought causes much suffering in a small town and one man has water but will not let anyone near his ranch or land the citizens take matters into their own hands for survival.

    Director:Felix E. Feist
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 5 - The Lariat
    7.0/10(55 votes)

    #12 - The Lariat

    S1:E5

    After serving five years for accidentally killing a man with a lariat, Morgan returns to seek justice from the Judge who sentenced him.

    Director:Felix E. Feist
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 2 Episode 8 - The Open Cell
    7.0/10(41 votes)

    #13 - The Open Cell

    S2:E8

    Sheriff Morgan Winter decides to give a young man involved in a shooting another chance by taking him into his custody for a year. But the rest of the town, including Winter's deputy, just wants to see the boy fail and get sent up to prison.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #14 - 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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  15. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 16 - Wayfarers
    7.0/10(33 votes)

    #15 - Wayfarers

    S4:E16

    A forlorn young woman comes to a hostile village to tell her husband, who has been working there, she is pregnant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 8 - A Quiet Sunday in San Ardo
    7.1/10(56 votes)

    #16 - A Quiet Sunday in San Ardo

    S1:E8

    Retired gunfighter wants to live a peaceful quiet life but there are those that won't let that happen.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 29 - Decision at Wilson's Creek
    7.1/10(45 votes)

    #17 - Decision at Wilson's Creek

    S1:E29

    The Battle of Wilson's Creek occurred August 10, 1861 along Wilson's Creek, about ten miles south of Springfield. This six hour battle is considered to be the second major battle of the Civil War and the first major battle west of the Mississippi River.

    Director:Louis King
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 2 Episode 29 - Utopia, Wyoming
    7.1/10(36 votes)

    #18 - Utopia, Wyoming

    S2:E29

    A clan of Confederates from Georgia looking for a new way of life settle in a deserted Wyoming ghost town that they have named 'Utopia'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 4 Episode 19 - Man in the Middle
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    #19 - Man in the Middle

    S4:E19

    An Indian agent has a double task: convincing the townspeople that a young man deserves punishment for shooting an Indian and arresting the culprit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 18 - The Broken Wing
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    #20 - The Broken Wing

    S5:E18

    Lyman now a cripple, years ago tried to fly through the air under his own power. Now Lyman's nephew Thalian is determined to do the same thing.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 24 - The Empty Shell
    7.1/10(30 votes)

    #21 - The Empty Shell

    S5:E24

    Madden a cowardly farmer is fearful that not only are they after his land but his wife as well.

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Bruce Geller

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  22. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 5 Episode 28 - Storm Over Eden
    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #22 - Storm Over Eden

    S5:E28

    Chet Loring, Ellen Gaynor, and Billie Gaynor grew up together in the same house. Chet wants to marry Ellen but accidentally shoots and kills Billie. Now Ellen and Billie's father wants to hang Chet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 17 - Until the Man Dies
    7.2/10(49 votes)

    #23 - Until the Man Dies

    S1:E17

    Cattle rancher Clint Belmet saves criminal Dave Jordan from a lynching determined not to allow mob rule to deprive Nevada of her chance for statehood.

    Director:John English
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 18 - Back Trail
    7.2/10(50 votes)

    #24 - Back Trail

    S1:E18

    Ex-gunman John Fallon takes on the town bullies who are trying to get rid of the farmers and take their land.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1 Episode 20 - The Necessary Breed
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    #25 - The Necessary Breed

    S1:E20

    Bounty hunter, Link returns to the town where he once lived, killing a man the town thinks is innocent of the crime they demand he pay for the crime.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Man on the Run" is the worst rated episode of "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Felix E. Feist and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/21/1957. This episode scored 5.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "One Must Die".