Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

7.5 | en | Drama

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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EP30  Jericho
May. 18,1961
Jericho

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

EP29  Image of a Drawn Sword
May. 11,1961
Image of a Drawn Sword

Union Lieutenant Sam Kenyon informs the citizens of an isolated Rebel community that some rookie troops will be camping near there for a few days. For the sake of their own health, he offers the townspeople a warning - don't taunt the young soldiers.

EP28  Storm Over Eden
May. 04,1961
Storm Over Eden

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.

EP27  The Release
Apr. 27,1961
The Release

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

EP26  Man from Everywhere
Apr. 13,1961
Man from Everywhere

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.

EP25  The Atoner
Apr. 06,1961
The Atoner

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

EP24  The Empty Shell
Mar. 30,1961
The Empty Shell

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

EP23  A Warm Day in Heaven
Mar. 23,1961
A Warm Day in Heaven

In the sleepy decent town of Heaven, evil arrives in the form of Nick Finn, as Michael Peters soon finds out he is the only one not swayed by the devil.

EP22  Knight of the Sun
Mar. 09,1961
Knight of the Sun

Henry Jacob Hanley, a drunken desert rat, is just making himself at home in a deserted fort when he acquires some company. Beth Woodfield arrives on a mission taken over from her dead father- delivering the new Gatling gun to the troops in Mexico.

EP21  The Scar
Mar. 02,1961
The Scar

The scar on Jesse Martin's life is his memory of his months in a prison camp during the Civil War.

EP20  The Bible Man
Feb. 23,1961
The Bible Man

Jimmy Pierce holds his father, a religious preacher responsible for the death of his mother.

EP19  The Silent Sentry
Feb. 16,1961
The Silent Sentry

A wintery outpost leaves the last two soldiers, one a Rebel the other Confederate to survive their blistering hatred.

EP18  The Broken Wing
Feb. 09,1961
The Broken Wing

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.

EP17  Honor Bright
Feb. 02,1961
Honor Bright

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.

EP16  Blood Red
Jan. 29,1961
Blood Red

Jess Whiting is a driven man, he is afraid that the Indian uprising is because of his Indian wife and that she will be taken from him.

EP15  The Long Shadow
Jan. 19,1961
The Long Shadow

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.

EP14  One Must Die
Jan. 12,1961
One Must Die

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.

EP13  Ambush
Jan. 05,1961
Ambush

Union Army Col. Blackburn commands a squad of mercenary soldiers whose current mission is to get vital papers through Confederate lines. There's an air of mutiny as the mercenaries complain about the dangerous duty.

EP12  Morning Incident
Dec. 29,1960
Morning Incident

Laurie Pritchard is a farm girl engaged to a farm boy but the farm life isn't consistent with her dreams. Then she meets a man who might be able to make her dreams come true.

EP11  The Man From Yesterday
Dec. 22,1960
The Man From Yesterday

An old-time gunslinger named Mapes gets out of prison and returns to track down John Duncan, the man who framed him many years ago.

EP10  The Mormons
Dec. 15,1960
The Mormons

Matt Rowland is determined to prevent Mormons from entering into Joshua City after he hears there is cholera aboard the wagon train. His son Tod begins to question his father's motives after he meets a young lady from the train.

EP9  Knife of Hate
Dec. 08,1960
Knife of Hate

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

EP8  The Black Wagon
Dec. 01,1960
The Black Wagon

Sarah Harmon is traveling in a wagon train which halts at the scene of an Apache raid.

EP7  The Last Bugle
Nov. 24,1960
The Last Bugle

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.

EP6  Ransom
Nov. 17,1960
Ransom

Comanche Indians raid a shepherd's camp, killing all the hands except an itinerant cowboy named Dundee. He doesn't have to wait long before he learns why he have to wait long before he learns why he was spared. The Indians plan to trade him for horses and guns.

EP5  So Young the Savage Land
Nov. 10,1960
So Young the Savage Land

Beth and Jim Brayden have struggled to keep their ranch when the greed of a neighboring rancher tries to lay claim to their land.

EP4  The Ox
Nov. 03,1960
The Ox

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.

EP3  Cry Hope! Cry Hate!
Oct. 20,1960
Cry Hope! Cry Hate!

After her son goes missing a search party goes out looking for the youngster.

EP2  Desert Flight
Oct. 13,1960
Desert Flight

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.

EP1  A Gun for Willie
Oct. 06,1960
A Gun for Willie

When simple Willie receives a reward for killing an outlaw he becomes the big man in town, until it turns out that Willie killed the wrong man.

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calvinnme I remember seeing this show in syndication years ago as a child and teenager, and I had no idea Mr. Powell had had such a diverse career. Starting out as a crooner in Busby Berkeley musicals in the 1930's, evolving into a star in film noir, and then transitioning to television in a number of shows including this one from the golden age of TV westerns in the 1950's. He was in good company with other stars such as Robert Montgomery, who hosted his own first-rate TV show in the 1950's.This show is not really a series. Instead it was in the mold of the weekly playhouse kind of show that was so popular in the 1950's. Each episode stood alone and featured different stars each week, some being quite popular figures from the silver screen. The show first used material from Zane Grey, but as time passed material had to come from elsewhere as well. The following is a listing of the episodes of the first season as well as the stars that were featured. Why do I have this list? Because I have the first season on DVD. Hopefully this list will give you an idea of the talent involved. 1.01 - You Only Run Once - Robert Ryan, Cloris Leachman 1.02 - Fearful Courage - James Whitmore, Ida Lupino 1.03 - The Long Road Home - Mr. Powell, Ray Collins 1.04 - The Unrelenting Sky - Lew Ayres, Phyllis Avery 1.05 - The Lariat - Jack Palance, Constance Ford 1.06 - Death Watch - Lee J. Cobb, BobbyDriscoll 1.07 - Stage for Tucson - Eddie Albert, Mona Freeman 1.08 - Quiet Sunday in San Ardo - Wendell Corey, Gerald Mohr 1.09 - Vengeance Canyon - Walter Brennan, Ben Cooper 1.10 - Return to Nowhere - John Ireland, Steven McNally 1.11 - Courage is a Gun - Mr. Powell, Beverly Garland 1.12 - Muletown Gold Strike - Rory Calhoun, Barbara Eiler 1.13 - Stars over Texas - Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Talbott, James Garner 1.14 - Three Graves - Jack Lemmon, Nan Leslie 1.15 - No Man Living - Frank Lovejoy, Margaret Hayes1.16 - Time of Decision - Lloyd Bridges, Diane Brewster 1.17 - Until the Man Dies -Stuart Whitman, John Payne 1.18 - Backtrail - Mr. Powell, Catherine McLeod 1.19 - Dangerous Orders - Jack Elam, Mark Stevens 1.20 - The Necessary Breed - Sterling Hayden, Jean Willes 1.21 - Village of Fear -David Niven, George D. Wallace 1.22 - Black Creek Encounter- Ernest Borgnine, Jan Merlin 1.23 - There Were Four - John Derek, Dean Jagger 1.24 - Fugitive - Eddie Albert, Celeste Holm 1.25 - A Time To Live - Ralph Meeker, Julie London 1.26 - Black is for Grief - Mary Astor, Beulah Bondi, Chester Morris 1.27 - Badge of Honor - Gary Merrill, Tom Tully, Robert Culp 1.28 - Decision at Wilson's Creek -John Forsythe, John Dehner 1.29 - Man on the Run - Scott Brady, Nancy HaleEach episode is 30 minutes in length and features such diverse talent as James Garner at the beginning of his career and Chester Morris near the end of his career. Mr. Powell does appear in some episodes, as you can see from the listing of season one above. Highly recommended if you like the old westerns of the 1950's.
bkoganbing According to Tony Thomas's book on The Films Of Dick Powell, Zane Grey was Powell's favorite author and he loved reading his western novels. Before his Four Star Production Company went forth with this series, Powell got the rights to all of Zane Grey's work. This also might explain why you don't see any more work filming his stories.But he found that some of the work was long and complex and not easily fit into a half hour or even an hour format. As a result other original material was commissioned. But at Powell's insistence always in the Zane Grey spirit.For someone who liked Zane Grey Powell did few films that could be considered westerns. There were two musicals Cowboy From Brooklyn for Warner Brothers and Riding High for Paramount that had western settings. There was also the very good noir like western Station West for United Artists. That one is highly recommended for noir and western fans.Powell's partners the other three stars Charles Boyer, David Niven, and Ida Lupino were more than content to just act occasionally in Four Star TV shows and reap the profits while Powell handled the business and creative end. Powell's motto was always like Madonna to reinvent himself from musical crooner to tough star of noir films to TV producer and tycoon. It was either that or go out of fashion very fast.I think Powell succeeded in making a fine western anthology series that rivaled Death Valley Days for the years it was on, only ended by Dick Powell's death.
mhall-17 This comment may contain a "spoiler."Dick Powell's Zane Gray Theater" was one of the highlights of my Friday night viewing back in the mid to late 1950's. I remember one episode in particular in which Powell starred as Dan Case , a kind of old west version of the flying Dutchman, who was killed in a gunfight, then doomed to wander the west, repeatedly getting into shootouts and being gunned down. The theme song sums it up: "They draw guns and then/Dan dies again/as he wanders in search of his soul". It was haunting T.V. in several senses of the term. Other episodes, with performances by journeyman actors, like Wendell Corey, Dennis Hopper and others, remain mere fragments in the memory, yet the impression remains of substantial story-telling and satisfying entertainment. I started watching at the age of seven; withing two years I was reading Zane Gray novels like "the Thundering Herd" (having cut my teeth on the comic book associated with the show).
chuckju Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford are Lucas and Mark McCain is this excellent half hour western. It was so good they decided to make it a series. Thus "The Rifleman" was born.This was far better than any subsequent episode of The Rifleman series, which was a bit too "nice" to be realistic.I cannot recall if McCain's rifle in this Zane Grey episode had the nifty fast-action features of the series' rifle.I am surprised that there are no other comments on this generally very good western anthology series on TV. It was certainly a popular feature on Friday nights about 60 years ago.I believe the host, Dick Powell, left the series to host his own hour long Dick Powell Theater on Tuesday nights. This series of individual one hour dramas basically lasted until Powell's death. All of these shows should be issued on DVD while those of us who liked and would buy them are still alive.