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 4 Episodes

E1
The Vaqueros
30 min 1961

A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

E2
First Wages
30 min 1961

Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.

E3
Sheer Terror
30 min 1961

Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.

E4
The Stand-In
30 min 1961

Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.

E5
The Journey Back
30 min 1961

Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.

E6
The Decision
30 min 1961

Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.

E7
Knight Errant
30 min 1961

Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.

E8
Honest Abe
30 min 1961

Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.

E9
The Long Goodbye
30 min 1961

Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.

E10
The Shattered Idol
30 min 1961

Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

E11
Long Gun From Tucson
30 min 1961

Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years befor…

E12
The High Country
30 min 1961

Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

E13
A Friend in Need
30 min 1961

Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

E14
Skull
30 min 1962

Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.

E15
The Princess
30 min 1962

The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.

E16
Gunfire
30 min 1962

When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.

E17
The Quiet Fear
30 min 1962

Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.

S4E18
E18
Sporting Chance
30 min 1962

An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.

S4E19
E19
A Young Man's Fancy
30 min 1962

The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.

S4E20
E20
The Man from Salinas
30 min 1962

Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdra…

S4E21
E21
Two Ounces of Tin
30 min 1962

Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.

S4E22
E22
Deadly Image
30 min 1962

A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.

S4E23
E23
The Debt
30 min 1962

Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.

E24
The Tinhorn
30 min 1962

Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.

E25
None So Blind
30 min 1962

Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.

E26
Jealous Man
30 min 1962
E27
Guilty Conscience
30 min 1962

No one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her …

E28
Day of Reckoning
30 min 1962

Lucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacher—a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to…

E29
The Day the Town Slept
30 min 1962

The town of North Fork becomes a haven for outlaws when suave Ben Judson smooth-talks his way into the marshal's job.

E30
Milly's Brother
30 min 1962

A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.

E31
Outlaw's Shoes
30 min 1962

A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.

E32
The Executioner
30 min 1962

Cast

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

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