List of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre episodes
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre is an American Western anthology television series that was broadcast on CBS from October 5, 1956, until May 18, 1961.[1]
Episodes[edit]
Series overview[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | Average viewership (in millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||||
| 1 | 29 | October 5, 1956 | June 21, 1957 | — | — | — | |
| 2 | 29 | October 4, 1957 | June 6, 1958 | 21 | 27.9 | 11.7[2] | |
| 3 | 29 | October 4, 1958 | June 4, 1959 | 13 | 28.3[a] | 12.4[3] | |
| 4 | 29 | October 1, 1959 | May 5, 1960 | 21 | 24.4[b] | 11.2[4] | |
| 5 | 30 | October 6, 1960 | May 18, 1961 | — | — | — | |
- ^ Tied with Father Knows Best
- ^ Tied with General Electric Theater and Mr. Lucky (TV series)
Season 1 (1956–1957)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "You Only Run Once" | Felix E. Feist | John McGreevey | October 5, 1956 | |
| 2 | 2 | "Fearful Courage" | Bernard Girard | Arthur A. Ross | October 12, 1956 | |
| 3 | 3 | "The Long Road Home" | Felix E. Feist | Luke Short (uncredited) and Harold Swanton | October 19, 1956 | |
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Stars Dick Powell. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Unrelenting Sky" | Felix E. Feist | Aaron Spelling | October 26, 1956 | |
| 5 | 5 | "Lariat" | Felix E. Feist | Harold Shumate and Aaron Spelling | November 2, 1956 | |
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Stars Jack Palance and Constance Ford. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Death Watch" | Bernard Girard | Otis Carney | November 9, 1956 | |
| 7 | 7 | "Stage for Tucson" | Bernard Girard | John McGreevey and Harold Shumate | November 16, 1956 | |
| 8 | 8 | "A Quiet Sunday in San Ardo" | Ted Post | James Edmiston and Aaron Spelling | November 23, 1956 | |
| 9 | 9 | "Vengeance Canyon" | Robert Florey | Lawrence L. Goldman | November 30, 1956 | |
| 10 | 10 | "Return to Nowhere" | Richard Wilson | Lawrence Menkin and Aaron Spelling | December 7, 1956 | |
| 11 | 11 | "Courage Is a Gun" | John English | Frederick Louis Fox | December 13, 1956 | |
| 12 | 12 | "Muletown Gold Strike" | John English | Aaron Spelling | December 21, 1956 | |
| 13 | 13 | "Star Over Texas" | Lesley Selander | Harold Shumate | December 28, 1956 | |
| 14 | 14 | "Three Graves" | John English | Norman A. Daniels and John McGreevey | January 4, 1957 | |
| 15 | 15 | "No Man Living" | John English | Norman A. Daniels and Stirling Silliphant | January 11, 1957 | |
| 16 | 16 | "Time of Decision" | Harold D. Schuster | Luke Short (uncredited) and Sidney Morse | January 18, 1957 | |
| 17 | 17 | "Until the Man Dies" | John English | Harold Shumate and Aaron Spelling | July 8, 1957 | |
| 18 | 18 | "Backtrail" | Christian Nyby | Theodore V. Olsen and Harold Swanton | February 1, 1957 | |
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Stars Dick Powell and Catherine McLeod. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Dangerous Orders" | John English | Les Savage Jr., John McGreevey and D.D. Beauchamp | February 8, 1957 | |
| 20 | 20 | "The Necessary Breed" | Christian Nyby | Clarke Reynolds and Otis Carney | February 15, 1957 | |
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Stars Sterling Hayden and Jean Willes. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Village of Fear" | Christian Nyby | Antony Ellis | March 1, 1957 | |
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Stars David Niven and George D. Wallace. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Black Creek Encounter" | Roy Del Ruth | Bob Barbash | March 8, 1957 | |
| 23 | 23 | "There Were Four" | Christian Nyby | Steve Frazee and Berne Giler | March 15, 1957 | |
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Stars John Derek and Dean Jagger. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Fugitive" | John English | Frederick Louis Fox and Aaron Spelling | March 22, 1957 | |
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Stars Eddie Albert and Celeste Holm. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "A Time to Live" | Lewis R. Foster | Joseph Chadwick and Aaron Spelling | April 5, 1957 | |
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Stars Ralph Meeker and Julie London. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Black Is for Grief" | Lewis Allen | Aaron Spelling | April 12, 1957 | |
| 27 | 27 | "Badge of Honor" | Arthur Hiller | John Robinson | May 3, 1957 | |
| 28 | 28 | "Decision at Wilson's Creek" | Louis King | Marc Brandel and John McGreevey | May 17, 1957 | |
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Stars John Forsythe and John Dehner. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Man on the Run" | Felix E. Feist | Richard Wormser | June 21, 1957 | |
Season 2 (1957–1958)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1 | "The Deserters" | Jason Lindsey | Otis Carney | October 4, 1957 | |
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Stars Dick Powell, Margaret Hayes and Tom Pittman. | ||||||
| 31 | 2 | "Blood in the Dust" | Alvin Ganzer | L.A. Pogue & Sidney Morse | October 11, 1957 | |
| 32 | 3 | "A Gun Is For Killing" | Thomas Carr | Peter Ballas & Aaron Spelling | October 18, 1957 | |
| 33 | 4 | "Proud Woman" | Louis King | Harold Shumate, Clarke Reynolds & John McGreevey | October 25, 1957 | |
| 34 | 5 | "Ride a Lonely Trail" | Alkvin Ganzer | Marion Hargrove & Kenneth Perkins | November 2, 1957 | |
| 35 | 6 | "The Promise" | Charles F. Haas | James Leiker | November 8, 1957 | |
| 36 | 7 | "Episode in Darkness" | John English | Frederick Louis Fox | November 15, 1957 | |
| 37 | 8 | "The Open Cell" | Robert Florey | Barney Slater | November 22, 1957 | |
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Stars Dick Powell and Marshall Thompson. | ||||||
| 38 | 9 | "A Man To Look Up To" | John English | Marc Brandel, Gorse O'Connor & Aaron Spelling | November 29, 1957 | |
| 39 | 10 | "The Bitter Land" | Arthur Hiller | Leonard William Moran & Barney Slater | December 6, 1957 | |
| 40 | 11 | "Gift from a Gunman" | John English | Russell S. Hughes & Charles A. Stearns | December 13, 1957 | |
| 41 | 12 | "A Gun for My Bride" | James Sheldon | Lee Loeb, Jerry Adelman & Aaron Spelling | December 27, 1957 | |
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Stars Eddie Albert. | ||||||
| 42 | 13 | "Man Unforgiving" | James Sheldon | Bob Barbash & Frank Waldman | January 3, 1958 | |
| 43 | 14 | "Trial by Fear" | James Sheldon | Howard Dimsdale | January 10, 1958 | |
| 44 | 15 | "The Freighter" | Christian Nyby | Fred Freiberger, Luke Short & Charles A. Wallace | January 17, 1958 | |
| 45 | 16 | "This Man Must Die" | James Sheldon | Jack Guss, Norman Jacob & Russell S. Hughes | January 24, 1958 | |
| 46 | 17 | "Wire" | James Sheldon | Harry Julian Fink, John McGreevey & Zane Grey | January 31, 1958 | |
| 47 | 18 | "License to Kill" | James Sheldon | Kyle Mason & Antony Ellis | February 7, 1958 | |
| 48 | 19 | "Sundown at Bitter Creek" | Robert Florey | Carson A. Wiley & Aaron Spelling | February 14, 1958 | |
| 49 | 20 | "The Stranger" | Robert Gordon | Irvin Elman & John Falvo | February 28, 1958 | |
| 50 | 21 | "The Sharpshooter" | Arnold Laven | Sam Peckinpah | March 7, 1958 | |
|
Stars Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford. With Dennis Hopper, R.G. Armstrong and Leif Erickson. This episode serves as the pilot for the series The Rifleman. | ||||||
| 51 | 22 | "Man of Fear" | James Sheldon | Aaron Spelling | March 14, 1958 | |
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Stars Julie Adams and Dewey Martin. | ||||||
| 52 | 23 | "The Doctor Keeps a Promise" | Robert Gordon | Luke Short & Harold Swanton | March 21, 1958 | |
| 53 | 24 | "Three Days to Death" | Robert Gordon | William L. Stuart & John McGreevey | April 4, 1958 | |
| 54 | 25 | "Shadow of a Dead Man" | Robert Gordon | Frederick Louis Fox, Aaron Spelling & Zane Grey | April 11, 1958 | |
| 55 | 26 | "Debt of Gratitude" | William D. Faralla | John McGreevey | April 18, 1958 | |
| 56 | 27 | "Handful of Ashes" | Robert Gordon | Christopher Knopf | May 2, 1958 | |
| 57 | 28 | "A Threat of Violence" | Robert Gordon | John McGreevey | May 23, 1958 | |
| 58 | 29 | "Utopia, Wyoming" | William D. Faralla | Aaron Spelling | June 6, 1958 | |
Season 3 (1958–1959)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 1 | "Trail to Nowhere" | William D. Faralla | Aaron Spelling | October 4, 1958 | |
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Stars Barbara Stanwyck and David Janssen. | ||||||
| 60 | 2 | "The Scaffold" | Robert Florey | Will Cook & Aaron Spelling | October 11, 1958 | |
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Stars Dick Powell. With Paul Richards and Willard Sage. | ||||||
| 61 | 3 | "Homecoming" | John English | Bob Eisenbach & Ted Sherdeman | October 18, 1958 | |
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Stars Rachel Ames and Lloyd Nolan. | ||||||
| 62 | 4 | "The Accuser" | John English | Gene Lesser & Christopher Knopf | October 25, 1958 | |
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Stars David Niven. | ||||||
| 63 | 5 | "Legacy of a Legend" | Jerry Hopper | Robert Libott | November 2, 1958 | |
| 64 | 6 | "To Sit in Judgment" | John English | Harry Julian Fink | November 8, 1958 | |
| 65 | 7 | "The Tall Shadow" | John English | John McGreevey | November 15, 1958 | |
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Stars John Ericson and Julie Adams. | ||||||
| 66 | 8 | "The Vaunted" | David Niven | Fred Freiberger | November 22, 1958 | |
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Stars Eddie Albert and Jane Greer. | ||||||
| 67 | 9 | "Pressure Point" | John English | Morris Lee Green & Bill Walker | November 29, 1958 | |
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Stars Walter Pidgeon. With Carl Benton Reid, Walter Sande, Pernell Roberts, Dabbs Greer and Stafford Repp. | ||||||
| 68 | 10 | "Bury Him Dead" | John English | John McGreevey | December 6, 1958 | |
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Stars Barry Sullivan and Joan Tetzel. | ||||||
| 69 | 11 | "Let the Man Die" | Roger Kay | Dory Previn & Aaron Spelling | December 13, 1958 | |
| 70 | 12 | "Medal for Valor" | Jesse Hibbs | Edmund Morris & Samuel A. Peeples | December 27, 1958 | |
| 71 | 13 | "Living is a Longsome Thing" | John English | Marion Parsonnet | January 1, 1959 | |
| 72 | 14 | "Day of the Killing" | John English | Frederick Louis Fox | January 8, 1959 | |
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Stars Paul Douglas and John Litel. | ||||||
| 73 | 15 | "Hang the Heart High" | William D. Faralla | John McGreevey & Luke Short | January 15, 1959 | |
| 74 | 16 | "Welcome Home a Stranger" | Mark Sandrich Jr. | Barney Slater | January 15, 1959 | |
| 75 | 17 | "Trail Incident" | Alving Ganzer | Bob Barbash | February 2, 1959 | |
| 76 | 18 | "Make it Look Good" | Anton Leader | Nina Laemmle, Marianne Mosner & Francis Rosenwald | February 5, 1959 | |
| 77 | 19 | "A Thread of Respect" | John English | Aaron Spelling | February 12, 1959 | |
| 78 | 20 | "Deadfall" | Jerry Hopper | Frederick Louis Fox & Sloan Nibley | February 19, 1959 | |
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Stars Van Johnson. | ||||||
| 79 | 21 | "The Last Raid" | John English | Christopher Knopf & Jonreed Lauritzen | February 26, 1959 | |
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Stars Fernando Lamas and Rita Moreno. | ||||||
| 80 | 22 | "The Loner" | Francis D. Lyon | Aaron Spelling | March 5, 1959 | |
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Stars Thomas Mitchell and Don Durant. | ||||||
| 81 | 23 | "Hanging Fever" | John English | Arthur A. Ross & Palmer Thompson | March 12, 1959 | |
| 82 | 24 | "Trouble at Tres Cruces" | Sam Peckinpah | Sam Peckinpah | March 26, 1959 | |
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Stars Brian Keith. With Neville Brand, Michael Pate and Frank Silvera. This episode serves as the pilot for the series The Westerner. | ||||||
| 83 | 25 | "Heritage" | David Lowell Rich | Christopher Knopf | April 2, 1959 | |
| 84 | 26 | "The Sunrise Gun" | Phil Karlson | Bruce Geller | April 16, 1959 | |
| 85 | 27 | "Checkmate" | John English | William R. Cox, Nina Laemmle & John Marsh | April 30, 1959 | |
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Stars James Whitmore. | ||||||
| 86 | 28 | "Mission to Marathon" | John English | Hal Hudson & Christopher Knopf | May 14, 1959 | |
| 87 | 29 | "The Law and the Gun" | John English | Frank Gruber | June 4, 1959 | |
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Stars Lyle Bettger and Michael Ansara. | ||||||
Season 4 (1959–1960)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 1 | "Interrogation" | James Sheldon | Christopher Knopf | October 1, 1959 | |
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Stars Robert Ryan and Harry Townes. | ||||||
| 89 | 2 | "The Lone Woman" | James Sheldon | Richard Fielder | October 8, 1959 | |
| 90 | 3 | "Confession" | Frank Baur | Ellis Marcus | October 15, 1959 | |
| 91 | 4 | "The Lonely Gun" | André De Toth | Richard Carr | October 22, 1959 | |
| 92 | 5 | "Hand on the Latch[5]" | John English | Mary Cholmondeley & Donald S. Sanford | October 29, 1959 | |
| 93 | 6 | "Shadows" | Robert Ellis Miller | Bob Eisenbach & Bruce Geller | November 5, 1959 | |
| 94 | 7 | "Mission" | William D. Faralla | Aaron Spelling | November 12, 1959 | |
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Stars Sammy Davis Jr. With James Edwards, Felix Nelson, Hari Rhodes, Roy Glenn, Joseph Ruskin and Abraham Sofaer.[6] | ||||||
| 95 | 8 | "Lonesome Road" | Sam Peckinpah | Jack Curtis & Sam Peckinpah | November 19, 1959 | |
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Stars Edmond O'Brien. | ||||||
| 96 | 9 | "King of the Valley" | John English | Mel Goldberg & Edward J. Lakso | November 26, 1959 | |
| 97 | 10 | "Rebel Range" | Don Medford | Kathleen Hite & Joseph Chadwick | December 3, 1959 | |
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Stars Joan Crawford. | ||||||
| 98 | 11 | "Death in a Wood" | Paul Stanley | Saul Levitt | December 17, 1959 | |
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Stars Dick Powell. With Simon Oakland. | ||||||
| 99 | 12 | "The Grubstake" | David Lowell Rich | Luke Short & Harold Swanton | December 27, 1959 | |
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Stars Cameron Mitchell and Ben Piazza. | ||||||
| 100 | 13 | "The Ghost" | Robert Morgan | Arthur Fitz-Richard & Donn Mullally | December 31, 1959 | |
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Stars Mel Ferrer. | ||||||
| 101 | 14 | "Miss Jenny" | Sam Peckinpah | Robert Heverly & Sam Peckinpah | January 7, 1960 | |
| 102 | 15 | "The Reckoning" | Don Taylor | Richard Fielder | January 14, 1960 | |
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Stars Cesar Romero and Stephen McNally. | ||||||
| 103 | 16 | "Wayfarers" | David Niven | James E. Moser & Luke Short | January 21, 1960 | |
| 104 | 17 | "Picture of Sal" | William D. Faralla | Laurence Heath & Robert Libott | January 28, 1960 | |
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Stars Rod Taylor and Carolyn Jones. | ||||||
| 105 | 18 | "Never Too Late" | William D. Faralla | Howard Dimsdale & Bruce Geller | February 4, 1960 | |
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Stars Ginger Rogers. | ||||||
| 106 | 19 | "The Man in the Middle" | Rudolph Maté | Howard Dimsdale | February 11, 1960 | |
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Stars Michael Rennie and Richard Jaeckel. | ||||||
| 107 | 20 | "Guns for Garibaldi" | Mark Stevens | Franklin Coen | February 18, 1960 | |
| 108 | 21 | "The Sunday Man" | William D. Faralla | Luke Short & Charles A. Wallace | February 25, 1960 | |
| 109 | 22 | "Set-Up" | Robert Florey | Robert Blees | March 3, 1960 | |
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Stars Phyllis Kirk and Steve Forrest. | ||||||
| 110 | 23 | "A Small Town That Died" | Robert Florey | Bob Barbash | March 10, 1960 | |
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Stars Dick Powell. With Beverly Garland and Henry Hull. | ||||||
| 111 | 24 | "Killer Instinct" | Murray Golden | Larry Cohen & Elliot West | March 17, 1960 | |
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Stars Wendell Corey. | ||||||
| 112 | 25 | "Sundown Smith" | William D. Faralla | Heck Allen | March 24, 1960 | |
| 113 | 26 | "Calico Bait" | Robert Ellis Miller | Raphael Hayes | March 31, 1960 | |
| 114 | 27 | "Seed of Evil" | Paul Stanley | Palmer Thompson | April 7, 1960 | |
| 115 | 28 | "Deception" | Lamont Johnson | Terrence Kilpatrick & Harold Medford | April 14, 1960 | |
| 116 | 29 | "Stagecoach to Yuma" | William D. Faralla | Luke Short & Charles A. Wallace | May 5, 1960 | |
Season 5 (1960–1961)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 1 | "A Gun for Willie" | David Lowell Rich | Howard Dimsdale | October 6, 1960 | |
| 118 | 2 | "Desert Flight" | Budd Boetticher | Jim Byrnes & Joseph Byrnes | October 13, 1960 | |
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Stars Dick Powell. With James Coburn and John Pickard. | ||||||
| 119 | 3 | "Cry Hope! Cry Hate!" | Abner Biberman | Margaret Armen | October 20, 1960 | |
| 120 | 4 | "The Ox" | David Lowell Rich | Giulio Anfuso & Estelle Conde | November 3, 1960 | |
| 121 | 5 | "So Young the Savage Land" | Richard Donner | Stephen Lord & Rudolph Roderick | October 29, 1960 | |
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Stars Claudette Colbert and John Dehner. | ||||||
| 122 | 6 | "Ransom" | Budd Boetticher | Harry Julian Fink | November 17, 1960 | |
| 123 | 7 | "The Last Bugle" | Budd Boetticher | Otis Carney | November 24, 1960 | |
| 124 | 8 | "The Black Wagon" | Tom Gries | David T. Chandler & Aaron Spelling | December 1, 1960 | |
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Stars Esther Williams. | ||||||
| 125 | 9 | "Knife of Hate" | Otto Lang | John Marsh | December 8, 1960 | |
| 126 | 10 | "The Mormons" | Dick Moder | Lou Morheim | December 3, 1960 | |
| 127 | 11 | "The Man from Yesterday" | Otto Lang | Don Ingalls | December 22, 1960 | |
| 128 | 12 | "Morning Incident" | Tom Gries | Mort Thaw | December 29, 1960 | |
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Stars Martha Hyer and Robert Culp. | ||||||
| 129 | 13 | "Ambush" | Budd Boetticher | Richard Fielder | January 5, 1961 | |
| 130 | 14 | "One Must Die" | Lewis Allen | Peter Germano | January 12, 1961 | |
| 131 | 15 | "The Long Shadow" | Budd Boetticher | Richard Fielder | January 19, 1961 | |
| 132 | 16 | "Blood Red" | David Lowell Rich | Stephen Lord | January 26, 1961 | |
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Stars Carolyn Jones and Sterling Holloway. With Iron Eyes Cody, Charlie Briggs, Eddie Little Sky, Chief Yowlachie and Paul Richards. | ||||||
| 133 | 17 | "Honor Bright" | Robert Ellis Miller | John Furia | February 2, 1961 | |
| 134 | 18 | "The Broken Wing" | Don Taylor | Christopher Knopf | February 9, 1961 | |
| 135 | 19 | "The Silent Sentry" | Norman S. Powell | Aaron Spelling | February 16, 1961 | |
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Stars Dick Powell and Don Taylor. With James Whitmore. | ||||||
| 136 | 20 | "The Bible Man" | Don Taylor | Elizabeth Campbell Ward & Walter Wagner | February 23, 1961 | |
| 137 | 21 | "The Scar" | Dick Moder | Shirl Hendryx | March 2, 1961 | |
| 138 | 22 | "Knight of the Sun" | Don Taylor | John Furia | March 9, 1961 | |
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Stars Dan Duryea and Constance Towers. | ||||||
| 139 | 23 | "A Warm Day in Heaven" | Don Taylor | Howard Dimsdale & Aaron Spelling | March 23, 1961 | |
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Stars Lon Chaney Jr. and Thomas Mitchell. With William Schallert, Hank Patterson, Bill Erwin and Ken Mayer. | ||||||
| 140 | 24 | "The Empty Shell" | David Lowell Rich | Paul Franklin & Bruce Geller | March 30, 1961 | |
| 141 | 25 | "The Atoner" | Laslo Benedek | Howard Dimsdale | April 6, 1961 | |
| 142 | 26 | "Man from Everywhere" | Don Taylor | Frederick Louis Fox | April 13, 1961 | |
| 143 | 27 | "The Release" | Joseph H. Lewis | Calvin Clements Sr. | April 27, 1961 | |
| 144 | 28 | "Storm Over Eden" | Dick Moder | Stephen Lord | May 4, 1961 | |
| 145 | 29 | "Image of a Drawn Sword" | Bernard L. Kowalski | Christopher Knopf | May 11, 1961 | |
| 146 | 30 | "Jericho" | Harry Keller | Herb Meadow & Helen Ainsworth | May 18, 1961 | |
References[edit]
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 939. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ "TV Ratings - 1957".
- ^ "TV Ratings - 1958".
- ^ "TV Ratings - 1959".
- ^ This is the title listed for Season 4 Episode 5 in Dan Kruger’s 129 episode playlist of Zane Grey Theatre Episodes uploaded to YouTube.com
- ^ Tube (November 18, 1959). "Tele Followups: Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre". Variety. p. 56. ProQuest 1014824276.
Naughty little television comes clean in this precedental episode out of Four Star's 'Zane Grey' stable. By breaking the racial barrier that has, up to now, existed in video's somewhat rigged version of the early American west, it takes some of the sting out of the gaping wound left by the pay-for-play quiz whizzes. 'Mission' accomplished. [...] Davis, who probably hasn't even scratched the surface of his talents yet, gives a convincing performance throughout. James Edwards has some telling moments as a sergeant of great conviction. As other troopers on the squad, Felix Nelson, Roy Glenn, Ernie Anderson, Bobby Johnson and Hari Rhodes come through admirably. All these men deserve bigger and better parts.