The Rifleman

September. 30,1958      TV-PG
Rating:
8.3
Trailer Synopsis

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.

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Seasons 5 : 1962

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Episode 1 - Waste (1)
October. 01,1962

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)

Episode 2 - Waste (2)
October. 08,1962

Conclusion. After Alphonso's wife gives birth, the bandits holding Marshal Torrance relax their guard, enabling Lucas and Mark to rescue the old man.

Episode 3 - Lou Mallory
October. 15,1962

Red-headed Lou Mallory arrives in North Fork and soon arouses the townpeople's suspicions.

Episode 4 - Quiet Night, Deadly Night
October. 22,1962

Townspeople brace for the worst when a new girl arrives—with symptoms of smallpox.

Episode 5 - Death Never Rides Alone
October. 29,1962

A gunslinger rides into North Fork for a meeting with Lucas.

Episode 6 - I Take This Woman
November. 05,1962

Lou looks for a way out when the man her dying father promised her to arrives.

Episode 7 - The Assailants
November. 12,1962

An assassination plot unfolds as four gunmen disguised as cavalrymen enter North Fork. Their target: Sen. Jim Borden. Their weapon: a Gatling gun.

Episode 8 - Mark's Rifle
November. 19,1962

Sharpshooter Marty Blair tries to persuade Lucas to buy Mark a rifle.

Episode 9 - The Most Amazing Man
November. 26,1962

Fast-draw artist Wade Randall is less than anxious to display his prowess.

Episode 10 - Squeeze Play
December. 03,1962

A speculator will stop at nothing to grab Lucas's land.

Episode 11 - Gun Shy
December. 10,1962

Mark blames himself for a friend's accidental death.

Episode 12 - The Anvil Chorus
December. 17,1962

A blacksmith-turned-deputy sets the stage for trouble when he demands that all townspeople turn in their weapons.

Episode 13 - Conflict
December. 24,1962

Lucas's self-confidence begins to slip away when he misses an easy shot.

Episode 14 - Incident at Line Shack Six
January. 07,1963

A railroad gang boss frames an Apache.

Episode 15 - Suspicion
January. 14,1963

A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.

Episode 16 - The Sidewinder
January. 21,1963

Gridley Mau is gunning for Lucas, who killed his father during an attempted robbery.

Episode 17 - The Sixteenth Cousin
January. 28,1962

A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.

Episode 18 - Hostages to Fortune
February. 04,1963

At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.

Episode 19 - And the Devil Makes Five
February. 11,1963

A snake crawls into Lucas's bed, and Mark must lure it away before it strikes.

Episode 20 - End of the Hunt
February. 18,1963

Lucas is thrown into jail to stop him from murdering an old enemy.

Episode 21 - The Bullet
February. 25,1963

Lucas is baffled when the marshal of a neighboring town refuses to hold a gambler who just attempted murder.

Episode 22 - Requiem at Mission Springs
March. 04,1963

Lucas begins a trek to find a cure for Mark, who is paralyzed after a bad fall.

Episode 23 - The Guest
March. 11,1963

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.

Episode 24 - Old Man Running (aka The Wanted Man)
March. 18,1963

Lucas, who blames his wife's death on his father-in-law, refuses to help the old man elude gunmen.

Episode 25 - Which Way'd They Go?
April. 01,1963

The notoriously lazy Jackman brothers discover their mortgage has been foreclosed.

Episode 26 - Old Tony
April. 08,1963

Mark and his girlfriend Laurie discover that an old hermit is very lonely.

Seasons 4 : 1961

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Seasons 3 : 1960

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Seasons 2 : 1959

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