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Zane Grey Theater

Season 1 1956 - 1957

  • 1956-10-06T00:30:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 14h 30m (29 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Western
Zane Grey Theater was an anthology series based, mostly, on the works of Zane Grey. Grey was a writer of westerns, and this show used both his short stories and books as inspiration (works by other writers were also adapted when the Grey material ran out). Dick Powell hosted, and Harry Lubin provided the music (the song "Way Out West" opens and closes the show)

29 episodes

Series Premiere

1956-10-06T00:30:00Z

1x01 The Hangin' Tree

Series Premiere

1x01 The Hangin' Tree

  • 1956-10-06T00:30:00Z30m

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?

1956-10-13T00:30:00Z

1x02 Fearful Courage

1x02 Fearful Courage

  • 1956-10-13T00:30:00Z30m

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

1956-10-20T00:30:00Z

1x03 The Long Road Home

1x03 The Long Road Home

  • 1956-10-20T00:30:00Z30m

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.

1956-10-27T00:30:00Z

1x04 The Unrelenting Sky

1x04 The Unrelenting Sky

  • 1956-10-27T00:30:00Z30m

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.

1956-11-03T01:30:00Z

1x05 Lariat

1x05 Lariat

  • 1956-11-03T01:30:00Z30m

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

1956-11-10T01:30:00Z

1x06 Death Watch

1x06 Death Watch

  • 1956-11-10T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1956-11-17T01:30:00Z

1x07 Stage For Tucson

1x07 Stage For Tucson

  • 1956-11-17T01:30:00Z30m

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

1x08 A Quiet Sunday In San Ardo

  • 1956-11-24T01:30:00Z30m

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

1956-12-01T01:30:00Z

1x09 Vengeance Canyon

1x09 Vengeance Canyon

  • 1956-12-01T01:30:00Z30m

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

1956-12-08T01:30:00Z

1x10 Return To Nowhere

1x10 Return To Nowhere

  • 1956-12-08T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1956-12-15T01:30:00Z

1x11 Courage Is A Gun

1x11 Courage Is A Gun

  • 1956-12-15T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1956-12-22T01:30:00Z

1x12 Muletown Gold Strike

1x12 Muletown Gold Strike

  • 1956-12-22T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1956-12-29T01:30:00Z

1x13 Star Over Texas

1x13 Star Over Texas

  • 1956-12-29T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-01-05T01:30:00Z

1x14 Three Graves

1x14 Three Graves

  • 1957-01-05T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-01-12T01:30:00Z

1x15 No Man Living

1x15 No Man Living

  • 1957-01-12T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-01-19T01:30:00Z

1x16 Time Of Decision

1x16 Time Of Decision

  • 1957-01-19T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-01-26T01:30:00Z

1x17 Until The Man Dies

1x17 Until The Man Dies

  • 1957-01-26T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-02-02T01:30:00Z

1x18 Backtrail

1x18 Backtrail

  • 1957-02-02T01:30:00Z30m

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

1957-02-09T01:30:00Z

1x19 Dangerous Orders

1x19 Dangerous Orders

  • 1957-02-09T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-02-16T01:30:00Z

1x20 The Necessary Breed

1x20 The Necessary Breed

  • 1957-02-16T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-03-02T01:30:00Z

1x21 Village Of Fear

1x21 Village Of Fear

  • 1957-03-02T01:30:00Z30m

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

1957-03-09T01:30:00Z

1x22 Black Creek Encounter

1x22 Black Creek Encounter

  • 1957-03-09T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-03-16T01:30:00Z

1x23 There Were Four

1x23 There Were Four

  • 1957-03-16T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-03-23T01:30:00Z

1x24 Fugitive

1x24 Fugitive

  • 1957-03-23T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-04-06T01:30:00Z

1x25 A Time To Live

1x25 A Time To Live

  • 1957-04-06T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-04-13T01:30:00Z

1x26 Black Is For Grief

1x26 Black Is For Grief

  • 1957-04-13T01:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-05-04T00:30:00Z

1x27 Badge Of Honor

1x27 Badge Of Honor

  • 1957-05-04T00:30:00Z30m

Hoby Gilman returns to Crawford, Texas after the war and finds the town is taken over by a former confederate colonel. Hoby is asked to stand up to the colonel but he has had enough of guns and violence.

1x28 Decision At Wilson's Creek

  • 1957-05-18T00:30:00Z30m

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.

1957-06-22T00:30:00Z

1x29 Man On The Run

1x29 Man On The Run

  • 1957-06-22T00:30:00Z30m

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.

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