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.
The Rifleman (Season 3)
Trail of Hate 0.0
Air date: 1960-09-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.
Woman From Hog Ridge 0.0
Air date: 1960-10-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas shoots a horse thief who turns out to be a member of the Boyle clan, and now Ma Boyle is after him.
Seven 0.0
Air date: 1960-10-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Seven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.
The Pitchman 0.0
Air date: 1960-09-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1960-10-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1960-11-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1960-11-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.
Miss Milly 0.0
Air date: 1960-11-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A new store owner upsets the town by demanding that all credit accounts be paid off.
Dead Cold Cash 0.0
Air date: 1960-11-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: The widow of a bandit killed by Lucas plots a grotesque revenge.
The Schoolmaster 0.0
Air date: 1960-11-29
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.
The Promoter 0.0
Air date: 1960-12-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas and Mark attempt to reform a con-man.
The Illustrator 0.0
Air date: 1960-12-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.
The Silent Knife 0.0
Air date: 1960-12-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.
Miss Bertie 0.0
Air date: 1960-12-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1961-01-30
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A doctor seeks revenge on the man he blames for ruining his practice.
Flowers by the Door 0.0
Air date: 1961-01-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.
Long Trek 0.0
Air date: 1961-01-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.
The Actress 0.0
Air date: 1961-01-24
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1961-01-31
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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) 0.0
Air date: 1961-02-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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) 0.0
Air date: 1961-02-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1961-02-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.
The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town 0.0
Air date: 1961-02-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1961-03-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.
The Prisoner 0.0
Air date: 1961-03-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.
Assault 0.0
Air date: 1961-03-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.
Short Rope for a Tall Man 0.0
Air date: 1961-03-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.
The Clarence Bibs Story 0.0
Air date: 1961-04-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.
The Score is Even 0.0
Air date: 1961-04-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.
The Mescalaro Curse 0.0
Air date: 1961-04-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.
Stopover 0.0
Air date: 1961-04-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Trouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.
The Lonesome Bride 0.0
Air date: 1961-05-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.
Death Trap 0.0
Air date: 1961-05-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Lucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.
The Queue 0.0
Air date: 1961-05-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.
Seasons
Episodes 40
Episodes 36
Episodes 34
Episodes 32
Episodes 26