The Rifleman
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The Rifleman

7.1/10 1958 5 Seasons 168 Episodes Ended

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.

Season: 1 2 3 4 5

Season 3 Episodes

E1
Trail of Hate
30 min 1960

Lucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.

E2
Woman From Hog Ridge
30 min 1960

Lucas shoots a horse thief who turns out to be a member of the Boyle clan, and now Ma Boyle is after him.

E3
Seven
30 min 1960

Seven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.

E4
The Pitchman
30 min 1960

When Mark finds gold on their property, a fast-talking salesman who tried to sell Lucas a new lightning rod offers inste…

E5
Strange Town
30 min 1960

Lucas tracks an escaped prisoner to a town that turns out to be run by the gunman's brother, notorious for shooting peop…

E6
Baranca
30 min 1960

When an outlaw leader lures Marshal Torrance out of town, Lucas is the only one who can stop him from lynching a local m…

E7
The Martinet
30 min 1960

A former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.

E8
Miss Milly
30 min 1960

A new store owner upsets the town by demanding that all credit accounts be paid off.

E9
Dead Cold Cash
30 min 1960

The widow of a bandit killed by Lucas plots a grotesque revenge.

E10
The Schoolmaster
30 min 1960

Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.

E11
The Promoter
30 min 1960

A con man and his fast-gun friend come to North Fork. Lucas enters a target shooting contest.

E12
The Illustrator
30 min 1960

Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.

E13
The Silent Knife
30 min 1960

Lucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.

E14
Miss Bertie
30 min 1960

A lively old lady arrives in town hot on the trail of a notorious bandit—and the reward money for capturing him.

E15
Six Years and a Day
30 min 1961

A doctor seeks revenge on the man he blames for ruining his practice.

E16
Flowers by the Door
30 min 1961

Lucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.

E17
Long Trek
30 min 1961

Lucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.

E18
The Actress
30 min 1961

A deathbed request from an old friend sends Lucas to a neighboring town in search of the man's long-lost sweetheart.

E19
Face of Yesterday
30 min 1961

Lucas thinks he has seen a ghost when a young man, eerily similar to a man he killed in the Civil War, challenges him to…

E20
The Wyoming Story (1)
30 min 1961

Lucas agrees to take a job as a federal undercover agent and goes to Wyoming to investigate rumors of sales of arms to r…

E21
The Wyoming Story (2)
30 min 1961

Mark heads for Wyoming to search for Lucas, who's on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians. (Part…

E22
Closer than a Brother
30 min 1961

Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.

E23
The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
30 min 1961

In a ghost town, Lucas, Mark and Micah tangle with the Newman family and learn the secret of the town's 20-year-old myst…

E24
Dark Day at North Fork
30 min 1961

Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.

E25
The Prisoner
30 min 1961

Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.

E26
Assault
30 min 1961

A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.

E27
Short Rope for a Tall Man
30 min 1961

Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.

E28
The Clarence Bibs Story
30 min 1961

A janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.

E29
The Score is Even
30 min 1961

Lucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.

E30
The Mescalaro Curse
30 min 1961

Lucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.

E31
Stopover
30 min 1961

Trouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.

E32
The Lonesome Bride
30 min 1961

Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.

E33
Death Trap
30 min 1961

Lucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.

E34
The Queue
30 min 1961

A Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.

Cast

Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors
Lucas McCain
Johnny Crawford
Johnny Crawford
Mark McCain
Paul Fix
Paul Fix
Micah Torrance

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