The Rifleman(1958)

Name: The Rifleman
Genre: Action & Adventure, Western, Family
Released: 1958-09-30
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix

★ 7.1(52)30m168 episodesEnded

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
First aired:: 1958-09-30
Country:: US
Network:: ABC

Episodes

Season 1(40)Season 2(36)Season 3(34)Season 4(32)Season 5(26)

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1. The Vaqueros
1961-10-02 · 30m
A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.
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2. First Wages
1961-10-09 · 30m
Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.
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3. Sheer Terror
1961-09-16 · 30m
Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.
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4. The Stand-In
1961-10-23 · 30m
Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.
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5. The Journey Back
1961-10-30 · 30m
Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.
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6. The Decision
1961-11-06 · 30m
Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.
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7. Knight Errant
1961-11-13 · 30m
Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
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8. Honest Abe
1961-11-20 · 30m
Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.
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9. The Long Goodbye
★ 8.0
1961-11-27 · 30m
Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
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10. The Shattered Idol
1961-12-04 · 30m
Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.
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11. Long Gun From Tucson
1961-12-11 · 30m
Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.
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12. The High Country
1961-12-18 · 30m
Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
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13. A Friend in Need
1961-12-25 · 30m
Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.
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14. Skull
1962-01-01 · 30m
Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.
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15. The Princess
1962-01-08 · 30m
The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.
16. Gunfire
1962-01-15 · 30m
When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.
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17. The Quiet Fear
1962-01-22 · 30m
Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
18. Sporting Chance
1962-01-29 · 30m
An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifleâ€”and a plan to kill Lucas.
19. A Young Man's Fancy
1962-02-05 · 30m
The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.
20. The Man from Salinas
1962-02-12 · 30m
Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.
21. Two Ounces of Tin
1962-02-19 · 30m
Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.
22. Deadly Image
1962-02-26 · 30m
A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.
23. The Debt
1962-03-05 · 30m
Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.
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24. The Tinhorn
1962-03-12 · 30m
Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.
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25. None So Blind
1962-03-19 · 30m
Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearingâ€”and a very strong grip.
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26. Jealous Man
1962-03-26 · 30m
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27. Guilty Conscience
1962-04-02 · 30m
No one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her child.
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28. Day of Reckoning
1962-04-09 · 30m
Lucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacherâ€”a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to kill.
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29. The Day the Town Slept
1962-04-16 · 30m
The town of North Fork becomes a haven for outlaws when suave Ben Judson smooth-talks his way into the marshal's job.
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30. Milly's Brother
1962-04-23 · 30m
A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.
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31. Outlaw's Shoes
1962-04-30 · 30m
A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.
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32. The Executioner
1962-05-07 · 30m