Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 1, Episode 21: The Hanging Tree

1

You Only Run Once

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?

30 min

2

The Fearful Courage

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

30 min

3

The Long Road Home

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.

30 min

4

The Unrelenting Sky

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.

30 min

5

The Lariat

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

30 min

6

Death Watch

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.

30 min

7

Stage to Tucson

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

30 min

8

A Quiet Sunday in San Ardo

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

30 min

9

Vengeance Canyon

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

30 min

10

Return to Nowhere

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.

30 min

11

Courage is a Gun

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.

30 min

12

Muletown Gold Strike

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.

30 min

13

Stars Over Texas

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.

30 min

14

The Three Graves

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.

30 min

15

No Man Living

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.

30 min

16

Time of Decision

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.

30 min

17

Until the Man Dies

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.

30 min

18

Back Trail

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

30 min

19

Dangerous Orders

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.

30 min

20

The Necessary Breed

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.

30 min

21

The Hanging Tree

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

30 min

22

Village of Fear

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

30 min

23

Black Creek Encounter

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.

30 min

24

There Were Four

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.

30 min

25

Fugitive

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.

30 min

26

A Time to Live

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.

30 min

27

Black is for Grief

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.

30 min

28

Badge of Honor

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.

30 min

29

Decision at Wilson's Creek

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.

30 min

30

Man on the Run

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.

30 min