The Rifleman

The Rifleman

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.

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Episodes

Trail of Hate

1. Trail of Hate

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

Woman From Hog Ridge

2. Woman From Hog Ridge

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

Seven

3. Seven

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

The Pitchman

4. The Pitchman

When Mark finds gold on their property, a fast-talking salesman who tried to sell Lucas a new lightning rod offers instead to buy the ranch's mineral rights.

Strange Town

5. Strange Town

Lucas tracks an escaped prisoner to a town that turns out to be run by the gunman's brother, notorious for shooting people in the back.

Baranca

6. Baranca

When an outlaw leader lures Marshal Torrance out of town, Lucas is the only one who can stop him from lynching a local man who killed one of the members of his gang.

The Martinet

7. The Martinet

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

Miss Milly

8. Miss Milly

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

Dead Cold Cash

9. Dead Cold Cash

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

The Schoolmaster

10. The Schoolmaster

Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.

The Promoter

11. The Promoter

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

The Illustrator

12. The Illustrator

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

The Silent Knife

13. The Silent Knife

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

Miss Bertie

14. Miss Bertie

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

Six Years and a Day

15. Six Years and a Day

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

Flowers by the Door

16. Flowers by the Door

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

Long Trek

17. Long Trek

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

The Actress

18. The Actress

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

Face of Yesterday

19. Face of Yesterday

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 a gunfight.

The Wyoming Story (1)

20. The Wyoming Story (1)

Lucas agrees to take a job as a federal undercover agent and goes to Wyoming to investigate rumors of sales of arms to renegade indians. His life is endagered by the town drunk who stumbles onto his true identity and purpose. (Part 1 of 2)

The Wyoming Story (2)

21. The Wyoming Story (2)

Mark heads for Wyoming to search for Lucas, who's on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians. (Part 2 of 2)

Closer than a Brother

22. Closer than a Brother

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

The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town

23. The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town

In a ghost town, Lucas, Mark and Micah tangle with the Newman family and learn the secret of the town's 20-year-old mystery of a lost gold mine.

Dark Day at North Fork

24. Dark Day at North Fork

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

The Prisoner

25. The Prisoner

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

Assault

26. Assault

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

Short Rope for a Tall Man

27. Short Rope for a Tall Man

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

The Clarence Bibs Story

28. The Clarence Bibs Story

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

The Score is Even

29. The Score is Even

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

The Mescalaro Curse

30. The Mescalaro Curse

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

Stopover

31. Stopover

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

The Lonesome Bride

32. The Lonesome Bride

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

Death Trap

33. Death Trap

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

The Queue

34. The Queue

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

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