Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Season 3, Episode 27: Checkmate

1

Trail to Nowhere

Julie Holman swears vengeance when her husband is murdered. Suspecting Carl Benson, a man with whom her husband has quarreled, Julie rides out to his ranch. She finds that Benson has disappeared and sets out to track him down.

30 min

2

The Scaffold

An embittered man shoots one of the leading citizens.

30 min

3

Homecoming

Though Adam Larkin has spent many years trying to make a living from his land, he has only met with failure. When his wife tells him that she is expecting a child, Larkin goes to the bank and asks for a loan, but the bank refuses it. Larkin decides to take what he needs.

30 min

4

The Accuser

After discovering the body of a murdered rancher, Milo Brant tries to comfort the grieving widow. The widow's little son, however distrusts Brant and resents the man's attentions to his mother.

30 min

5

Legacy of a Legend

A drifter arrives in a small Western town claiming to be a famous lawman who had lived there years before. The townspeople, who remember the lawman as a young and vigorous man, refuse to believe him.

30 min

6

To Sit in Judgment

When a youngster bites off more trouble than he can chew a sympathetic sheriff takes the hard course on teaching him a lesson.

30 min

7

The Tall Shadow

Linc Hardway's father is one of the wealthiest men in the West. In his efforts to prove that he can do anything as well as his father, Linc encounters one failure after another, until even the girl he loves loses respect for him. Then Hardway's father is murdered and he is suspected of the crime.

30 min

8

The Vaunted

Wanted criminal Jess Matson has been on the run for over a year, he heads back to visit his family and encounters a surprise ambush.

30 min

9

Pressure Point

Jess Clark becomes blind when his horse breaks his leg in a gopher hole in Top Rock, a small town that wants nothing to do with gunfighters. After a prison break Lew Banning goes after Clark who killed his brother not caring that the old timer is blind now.

30 min

10

Bury Me Dead

Lorimer is forced to help outlaw Redfern, who is holding Jed's wife hostage, with a Marshal on the trail of Redfern, Lorimer is trying desperately to protect Redfern in order to keep her alive.

30 min

11

Let the Man Die

Dr. Reynolds faces a painful temptation - if he allows a patient to die, his son's future will be assured.

30 min

12

Medal for Valor

David Manning asks Rufus Stewart for money so he can relocate to a warmer climate due to his wife's illness. The catch is that he serve in the U.S. Armory under Stewart's sons name for so that his son can run for U.S. senate.

30 min

13

Living is a Lonesome Thing

A wealthy rancher is trying to monopolize the cattle drives leaving Texas. Small ranchers are trying to put their own drive together. The wealthy rancher hires a man's wayward son to sabotage the effort.

30 min

14

Day of the Killing

Blacksmith Jonas Sutton is elected sheriff. After he takes office, townfolk pressure him into hunting down a murderer who previously had saved Sutton's son.

30 min

15

Hang the Heart High

Discontented with her marriage, Regan Moore attracts the love of gunman Dix Porter with serious consequences.

30 min

16

Welcome Home a Stranger

After the Civil War, lawman Ben Sanderson returns to his Southern home to find things very changed.

30 min

17

Trail Incident

Andy McCall comes across a teenage boy wandering through the country. The boy, Peter Owens tells of being thrown by a horse, and his father is Tim Owens, the biggest banker in Chicago. Back at camp Charlie the cook who's been crippled by an accident is bitter he can never partner Andy like they'd always dreamed. The cattle drive continues and Peter starts to adapt to camp life, first as a cook's helper and then as one of the riders. Charlie tells the boy he will stake him a ticket for the stagecoach when they get close to a nearby town. Arriving at Redcliff Charlie ...

30 min

18

Make It Look Good

When Sam Carter refuses to accept his share of stolen money, he inadvertently places his wife Jenny's life in jeopardy. Carter's companions in crime suspect that he has informed on them.

30 min

19

A Thread of Respect

Gino Pelleti, an immigrant tailor, opens a shop in Yucca City. He and his son are subjected to cruel pranks, but he doesn't believe in violence and refuses to defend himself.

30 min

20

Deadfall

A gunman just out of prison is framed for robbery, convicted and sent back to prison. On the way, outlaws kill the sheriff and kidnap the prisoner.

30 min

21

The Last Raid

Miguel and his gang get away from the band with several thousand pesos in gold. But Miguel is betrayed by one of his men, who steals the gold, takes Miguel's girl and her younger brother, and escapes to a hiding place in the mountains.

30 min

22

Man Alone

A father determines that his son must kill Johnny Ringo in order to establish himself as the best gunfighter.

30 min

23

Hanging Fever

Sam Walston, a town leader, sets out to bring justice to a small town after a murder. A suspect suddenly leaves town and the people don't want to wait for a trial. What Walston doesn't know is that his own wife is the suspect's alibi.

30 min

24

Trouble at Tres Cruces

After many years away from his family, Dave Blasingame is asked to return home.

30 min

25

Heritage

Victor Bers grows bitter when his son deserts their farm to join the Confederate Army.

30 min

26

The Sunrise Gun

Bitter memories plague old Johnny Sunrise, one-time gunslinger.

30 min

27

Checkmate

The story of Ward Pendleton, an examiner for a chain of banks, as he travels throughtout the old west.

30 min

28

Mission To Marathon

Gil Durand, dishonorably discharged from the Army, is asked by the government to locate an Army major.

30 min

29

The Law and the Gun

John Welker's new bride is killed by bank robbers. John goes undercover to try and infiltrate the gang.

30 min