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)

1. Waste (1)
1962-10-01 · 30m
Marshal Torrance is heading home from a cattle sale with Lucas and Mark when the old lawman mysteriously disappears. They trace him to a nearby Mexican ghost town. (Part 1 of 2)
2. Waste (2)
1962-10-08 · 30m
Conclusion. After Alphonso's wife gives birth, the bandits holding Marshal Torrance relax their guard, enabling Lucas and Mark to rescue the old man.
3. Lou Mallory
1962-10-15 · 30m
Red-headed Lou Mallory arrives in North Fork and soon arouses the townpeople's suspicions.
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4. Quiet Night, Deadly Night
1962-10-22 · 30m
Townspeople brace for the worst when a new girl arrivesâ€”with symptoms of smallpox.
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5. Death Never Rides Alone
1962-10-29 · 30m
A gunslinger rides into North Fork for a meeting with Lucas.
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6. I Take This Woman
1962-11-05 · 30m
Lou looks for a way out when the man her dying father promised her to arrives.
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7. The Assailants
1962-11-12 · 30m
An assassination plot unfolds as four gunmen disguised as cavalrymen enter North Fork. Their target: Sen. Jim Borden. Their weapon: a Gatling gun.
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8. Mark's Rifle
1962-11-19 · 30m
Sharpshooter Marty Blair tries to persuade Lucas to buy Mark a rifle.
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9. The Most Amazing Man
1962-11-26 · 30m
Fast-draw artist Wade Randall is less than anxious to display his prowess.
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10. Squeeze Play
1962-12-03 · 30m
A speculator will stop at nothing to grab Lucas's land.
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11. Gun Shy
1962-12-10 · 30m
Mark blames himself for a friend's accidental death.
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12. The Anvil Chorus
1962-12-17 · 30m
A blacksmith-turned-deputy sets the stage for trouble when he demands that all townspeople turn in their weapons.
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13. Conflict
1962-12-24 · 30m
Lucas's self-confidence begins to slip away when he misses an easy shot.
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14. Incident at Line Shack Six
1963-01-07 · 30m
A railroad gang boss frames an Apache.
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15. Suspicion
1963-01-14 · 30m
A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.
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16. The Sidewinder
1963-01-21 · 30m
Gridley Mau is gunning for Lucas, who killed his father during an attempted robbery.
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17. The Sixteenth Cousin
1962-01-28 · 30m
A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.
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18. Hostages to Fortune
1963-02-04 · 30m
At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.
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19. And the Devil Makes Five
1963-02-11 · 30m
A snake crawls into Lucas's bed, and Mark must lure it away before it strikes.
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20. End of the Hunt
1963-02-18 · 30m
Lucas is thrown into jail to stop him from murdering an old enemy.
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21. The Bullet
1963-02-25 · 30m
Lucas is baffled when the marshal of a neighboring town refuses to hold a gambler who just attempted murder.
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22. Requiem at Mission Springs
1963-03-04 · 30m
Lucas begins a trek to find a cure for Mark, who is paralyzed after a bad fall.
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23. The Guest
1963-03-11 · 30m
New arrival Mario Arsatti becomes very friendly with Lucas, but this turns out to be merely pleasure before business: he's been hired to kill Lucas.
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24. Old Man Running (aka The Wanted Man)
1963-03-18 · 30m
Lucas, who blames his wife's death on his father-in-law, refuses to help the old man elude gunmen.
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25. Which Way'd They Go?
1963-04-01 · 30m
The notoriously lazy Jackman brothers discover their mortgage has been foreclosed.
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26. Old Tony
1963-04-08 · 30m
Mark and his girlfriend Laurie discover that an old hermit is very lonely.