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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.
- Created by:
- Sam Peckinpah
- Cast:
- Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- ABC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 3
Episodes
Episode 1
Trail of Hate
1960-09-27 · 30mLucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.
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Woman From Hog Ridge
1960-10-04 · 30mLucas shoots a horse thief who turns out to be a member of the Boyle clan, and now Ma Boyle is after him.
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Seven
1960-10-11 · 30mSeven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.
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The Pitchman
1960-09-18 · 30mWhen 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.
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Strange Town
1960-10-25 · 30mLucas 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.
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Baranca
1960-11-01 · 30mWhen 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.
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The Martinet
1960-11-08 · 30mA former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.
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Miss Milly
1960-11-15 · 30mA new store owner upsets the town by demanding that all credit accounts be paid off.
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Dead Cold Cash
1960-11-22 · 30mThe widow of a bandit killed by Lucas plots a grotesque revenge.
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The Schoolmaster
1960-11-29 · 30mMark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.
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The Promoter
1960-12-06 · 30mA con man and his fast-gun friend come to North Fork. Lucas enters a target shooting contest.
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The Illustrator
1960-12-13 · 30mLucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.
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The Silent Knife
1960-12-20 · 30mLucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.
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Miss Bertie
1960-12-27 · 30mA lively old lady arrives in town hot on the trail of a notorious bandit—and the reward money for capturing him.
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Six Years and a Day
1961-01-30 · 30mA doctor seeks revenge on the man he blames for ruining his practice.
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Flowers by the Door
1961-01-10 · 30mLucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.
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Long Trek
1961-01-17 · 30mLucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.
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The Actress
1961-01-24 · 30mA deathbed request from an old friend sends Lucas to a neighboring town in search of the man's long-lost sweetheart.
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Face of Yesterday
1961-01-31 · 30mLucas 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.
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The Wyoming Story (1)
1961-02-07 · 30mLucas 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)
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The Wyoming Story (2)
1961-02-14 · 30mMark 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)
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Closer than a Brother
1961-02-21 · 30mLucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.
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The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
1961-02-28 · 30mIn 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.
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Dark Day at North Fork
1961-03-07 · 30mBlinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.
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The Prisoner
1961-03-14 · 30mTwo ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.
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Assault
1961-03-21 · 30mA salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.
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Short Rope for a Tall Man
1961-03-28 · 30mLucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.
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The Clarence Bibs Story
1961-04-04 · 30mA janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.
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The Score is Even
1961-04-11 · 30mLucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.
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The Mescalaro Curse
1961-04-18 · 30mLucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.
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Stopover
1961-04-25 · 30mTrouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.
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The Lonesome Bride
1961-05-02 · 30mTwo pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.
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Death Trap
1961-05-09 · 30mLucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.
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The Queue
1961-05-16 · 30mA Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.
Watch progress · Not trackedCast
Chuck Connors
Lucas McCain
Johnny Crawford
Mark McCain
Paul Fix
Micah Torrance
