Zane Grey Theater

  • Premiered: Oct 1956
  • Episodes: 148
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • CBS
  • Friday at 20
  • Drama Western

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Season 1
1x1
The Hangin' Tree
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 05, 1956
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?
1x2
Fearful Courage
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 12, 1956
After witnessing a murder Louise Brandon is then hunted by the gunmen who want to end her life for fear she will testify.
1x3
The Long Road Home
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 19, 1956
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.
1x4
The Unrelenting Sky
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 26, 1956
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.
1x5
Lariat
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 02, 1956
After serving five years for accidentally killing a man with a lariat, Morgan returns to seek justice from the Judge who sentenced him.
1x6
Death Watch
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 09, 1956
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.
1x7
Stage For Tucson
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 16, 1956
Marshal Thorpe has received a tip that bank robber Bide Turley is on the stage from Las Cruces to Tucson.
1x8
A Quiet Sunday In San Ardo
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 23, 1956
Retired gunfighter wants to live a peaceful quiet life but there are those that won't let that happen.
1x9
Vengeance Canyon
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 30, 1956
After his son is murdered Joe seeks revenge on his killer.
1x10
Return To Nowhere
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 07, 1956
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.
1x11
Courage Is A Gun
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 1956
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.
1x12
Muletown Gold Strike
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 21, 1956
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.
1x13
Star Over Texas
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 28, 1956
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.
1x14
Three Graves
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 04, 1957
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.
1x15
No Man Living
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 11, 1957
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.
1x16
Time Of Decision
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 18, 1957
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.
1x17
Until The Man Dies
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 25, 1957
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.
1x18
Backtrail
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 01, 1957
Ex-gunman John Fallon takes on the town bullies who are trying to get rid of the farmers and take their land.
1x19
Dangerous Orders
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 08, 1957
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.
1x20
The Necessary Breed
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 15, 1957
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.
1x21
The Hanging Tree
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 22, 1957
The town is out to hang a man without the marshal around, they become the judge jury and executioner.
1x30 Season finale
The Hanging Tree
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 22, 1957
This episode is originall listed as s01e12; The town is out to hang a man without the marshal around, they become the judge jury and executioner.
1x21
Village Of Fear
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 01, 1957
A traveling book salesman is greeted by a dead man hanging in an alley when he arrives in a deserted Western town.
1x22
Black Creek Encounter
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 08, 1957
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.
1x23
There Were Four
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 15, 1957
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.
1x24
Fugitive
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 22, 1957
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.
1x25
A Time To Live
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 05, 1957
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.
1x26
Black Is For Grief
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 12, 1957
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.
1x27
Badge Of Honor
Episode overview
Air date
May 03, 1957
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
Episode overview
Air date
May 17, 1957
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 .. show full overview
1x29
Man On The Run
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 21, 1957
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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