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The Rifleman

  • TV-PG
  • 1958–1963
  • 5 seasons
  • Action & Adventure, Western
  • 7.1

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.

Episodes

34 episodes
  1. 1Trail of Hate

    30 minSep 27, 1960

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

  2. 2Woman From Hog Ridge

    30 minOct 4, 1960

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

  3. 3Seven

    30 minOct 11, 1960

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

  4. 4The Pitchman

    30 minSep 18, 1960

    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.

  5. 5Strange Town

    30 minOct 25, 1960

    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.

  6. 6Baranca

    30 minNov 1, 1960

    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.

  7. 7The Martinet

    30 minNov 8, 1960

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

  8. 8Miss Milly

    30 minNov 15, 1960

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

  9. 9Dead Cold Cash

    30 minNov 22, 1960

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

  10. 10The Schoolmaster

    30 minNov 29, 1960

    Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.

  11. 11The Promoter

    30 minDec 6, 1960

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

  12. 12The Illustrator

    30 minDec 13, 1960

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

  13. 13The Silent Knife

    30 minDec 20, 1960

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

  14. 14Miss Bertie

    30 minDec 27, 1960

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

  15. 15Six Years and a Day

    30 minJan 30, 1961

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

  16. 16Flowers by the Door

    30 minJan 10, 1961

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

  17. 17Long Trek

    30 minJan 17, 1961

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

  18. 18The Actress

    30 minJan 24, 1961

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

  19. 19Face of Yesterday

    30 minJan 31, 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 a gunfight.

  20. 20The Wyoming Story (1)

    30 minFeb 7, 1961

    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)

  21. 21The Wyoming Story (2)

    30 minFeb 14, 1961

    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)

  22. 22Closer than a Brother

    30 minFeb 21, 1961

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

  23. 23The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town

    30 minFeb 28, 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 mystery of a lost gold mine.

  24. 24Dark Day at North Fork

    30 minMar 7, 1961

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

  25. 25The Prisoner

    30 minMar 14, 1961

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

  26. 26Assault

    30 minMar 21, 1961

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

  27. 27Short Rope for a Tall Man

    30 minMar 28, 1961

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

  28. 28The Clarence Bibs Story

    30 minApr 4, 1961

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

  29. 29The Score is Even

    30 minApr 11, 1961

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

  30. 30The Mescalaro Curse

    30 minApr 18, 1961

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

  31. 31Stopover

    30 minApr 25, 1961

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

  32. 32The Lonesome Bride

    30 minMay 2, 1961

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

  33. 33Death Trap

    30 minMay 9, 1961

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

  34. 34The Queue

    30 minMay 16, 1961

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

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Series cast

Chuck ConnorsLucas McCain168 episodes
Johnny CrawfordMark McCain168 episodes
Paul FixMicah Torrance168 episodes
Joe HigginsNils Swenson18 episodes
Bill QuinnSweeney16 episodes
John Milford11 episodes
Harlan WardeHamilton11 episodes
Chris Alcaide10 episodes
John Anderson9 episodes
Peter Whitney9 episodes
Dabbs GreerBert Taylor9 episodes
John HarmonHotel Clerk8 episodes
Richard DevonBen Macowan7 episodes
Rhys Williams6 episodes
Dennis CrossNed Dunnell6 episodes
Richard AndersonGriff6 episodes
Ralph Moody6 episodes
Glenn StrangeStage Driver6 episodes

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