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30 episodes

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre - Season 1

First aired Oct 5, 1956Season 1

Browse all 30 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

You Only Run Once

NR
Oct 5, 195630 min

When horses begin to turn up missing, the county forms a vigilante committee. Rancher Matt Jessop has the bad luck to innocently hire two shady characters to work on his ranch. Will the two drag Matt and his family down with them?

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Episode 2

The Fearful Courage

NR
Oct 12, 195630 min

After witnessing a murder Louise Brandon is then hunted by the gunmen who want to end her life for fear she will testify.

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Episode 3

The Long Road Home

NR
Oct 19, 195630 min

A man returns to his Texas home with his mind set on accomplishing two things, he wants to avenge his brother's death and also settle an old feud.

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Episode 4

The Unrelenting Sky

NR
Oct 26, 195630 min

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.

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Episode 5

The Lariat

NR
Nov 2, 195630 min

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

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Episode 6

Death Watch

NR
Nov 9, 195630 min

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.

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Episode 7

Stage to Tucson

NR
Nov 16, 195630 min

Marshal Thorpe has received a tip that bank robber Bide Turley is on the stage from Las Cruces to Tucson.

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Episode 8

A Quiet Sunday in San Ardo

NR
Nov 23, 195630 min

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

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Episode 9

Vengeance Canyon

NR
Nov 30, 195630 min

After his son is murdered Joe seeks revenge on his killer.

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Episode 10

Return to Nowhere

NR
Dec 7, 195630 min

An outlaw gunfighter is haunted by his past and is trying to find his life. He goes looking for his wife and finds she is married to another man. He is determined to get her back.

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Episode 11

Courage is a Gun

NR
Dec 14, 195630 min

A gunslinger is wounded by the marshal in a shooting while waiting to settle a feud. He then plots to kill the marshal as well.

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Episode 12

Muletown Gold Strike

NR
Dec 21, 195630 min

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.

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Episode 13

Stars Over Texas

NR
Dec 28, 195630 min

When a Wagon from Indiana is ambushed and burned by bushwackers, little Annie Morgan loses her family and gains a new one in the Todds.

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Episode 14

The Three Graves

NR
Jan 4, 195730 min

A gunman moves into a sleepy western town with the intention of taking it over for himself. But a pretty young woman sets her sights on him as a prospective husband.

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Episode 15

No Man Living

NR
Jan 11, 195730 min

A sheriff gives up his badge to exact personal revenge on an outlaw who has wronged him. The criminal he seeks has carefully disguised himself as a lawabiding citizen.

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Episode 16

Time of Decision

NR
Jan 18, 195730 min

A land baron's son provokes a homesteader into a gun fight and ends up dead. The town hates homesteaders but finds a kindly allie in Evan Tapper.

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Episode 17

Until the Man Dies

NR
Jan 25, 195730 min

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.

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Episode 18

Back Trail

NR
Feb 1, 195730 min

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

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Episode 19

Dangerous Orders

NR
Feb 8, 195730 min

Captain Hunter is sent to deliver important orders to the next fort and encounters several disruptions along his way. A turncoat, a drunk, a Confederate spy and Indians.

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Episode 20

The Necessary Breed

NR
Feb 15, 195730 min

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.

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Episode 21

The Hanging Tree

NR
Feb 22, 195730 min

The town is out to hang a man without the marshal around, they become the judge jury and executioner.

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Episode 22

Village of Fear

NR
Mar 1, 195730 min

A traveling book salesman is greeted by a dead man hanging in an alley when he arrives in a deserted Western town.

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Episode 23

Black Creek Encounter

NR
Mar 8, 195730 min

A man is faced with a difficult decision when challenged by a gunman who has searched for him for years. To accept the challenge would mean almost certain death.

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Episode 24

There Were Four

NR
Mar 15, 195730 min

A young man vows to get revenge on a wealthy rancher. He uses lawless methods because he regards an outlaw he knows as a hero. These methods, however, result in his being involved in a rustling scheme.

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Episode 25

Fugitive

NR
Mar 22, 195730 min

Fleeing from Union soldiers, an ex-Confederate is helped by a young widow, who believes he's a Union man. The soldier soon realizes he has fallen in love with the widow.

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Episode 26

A Time to Live

NR
Apr 5, 195730 min

A dance-hall singer tries to dissuade the man she loves from seeking revenge on a man who shot him and left him for dead.

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Episode 27

Black is for Grief

NR
Apr 12, 195730 min

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.

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Episode 28

Badge of Honor

NR
May 3, 195730 min

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.

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Episode 29

Decision at Wilson's Creek

NR
May 17, 195730 min

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.

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Episode 30

Man on the Run

NR
Jun 21, 195730 min

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.