The Rifleman 1958
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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S1·E1 The SharpshooterLucas McCain and his son Mark arrive in North Fork, New Mexico. Looking to start a new life, they come across a ranch to their liking, which is for sale. Lucas enters a…
S1·E2 Home RanchTwo hired hands of a wealthy cattleman, who has been using the ranch for grazing his cattle, demand that Lucas move out. When Lucas refuses, he is beaten and dragged and…
S1·E3 End of a Young GunLucas is forced to give refuge to Will Fulton, a young bank robber, who was injured while saving Mark's life. While staying at the McCain ranch Will gets a taste of a…
S1·E4 The MarshalMicah Torrance, a once famous lawman, is introduced as a drunken derelict, who stumbles into North Fork. Micah, nursing an arm crippled in a gunfight, is hired by Lucas…
S1·E5 The Brother-in-LawMark's uncle, Johnny Gibb, a big time rodeo rider, comes to visit. While Mark idolizes his uncle, Lucas discovers that Johnny is on the run from the law for an Express…
S1·E6 Eight Hours to DieJudge Burton seeks justice against the hangman who hanged his son; the Judge, who sentenced his son; and Lucas, the man who caught his son.
S1·E7 Duel of HonorWhen an Italian Count arrives in North Fork, his strange attire attracts the attention of Groder, a town bully. Groder, trying to have fun with this stranger, destroys…
S1·E8 The Safe GuardFloyd Doniger comes to North Fork, looking to start a new life. He's got a steady job as the guard at the new bank and he's entertaining ideas of settling down on a…
S1·E9 The SisterRebecca Snipe is returning to North Fork after a long visit away. Before her stage leaves, she overhears a man saying he's going to North Fork to kill a big man with a…
S1·E10 New Orleans MenaceTiffauges, a wealthy and sadistic Frenchman, who is used to getting whatever he wants, decides he wishes to purchase the McCain Ranch. Tiffauges' lead man, Xavier,…
S1·E11 The Apprentice SheriffDan Willard is filling in as temporary marshal while Micah is away. Meanwhile, some Texas cowhands are in North Fork looking for fun and relaxation, but Dan keeps coming…
S1·E12 Young EnglishmanLucas accuses the young foreman of a neighboring ranch of rustling one of his calves.
S1·E13 The Angry GunLucas and Mark return from a cattle sale when their stagecoach is robbed by three outlaws led by sharpshooter Johnny Cotton (Vic Morrow). Lucas sends Mark on in the…
S1·E14 The GauchoThere’s prejudice all around, when Rumson moves away from North Fork, having sold his property to the Argentez family, who are originally from Argentina. Curge, who was…
S1·E15 The PetWard Haskins guns down Joe Flecker, who has evidence that could be used to blackmail him. Haskins thinks the information was given to Lucas, since he brought Flecker to…
S1·E16 The Sheridan StoryWhen Frank Blandon, a man with only one good arm, wanders onto the ranch, Lucas gives him a job. This leads to major complications later.17S1·E17 The Retired GunWes Carney and his wife Clair want to settle down and they figure North Fork might do fine. Wes is a well known gunfighter, who has promised Clair that he would hang up…18S1·E18 The PhotographerAbel Goss, the photographer who took Lucas' wedding photograph, is in North Fork doing a portrait of Mark standing in the street. When Goss sees Colonel Whiteside and…19S1·E19 ShivareeAaron Pelser's wagon train comes across a pair of young boys on a buck board heading west and he invites them to join the train. When he finds out that one of the boys…20S1·E20 The Deadeye KidMcCain befriends Donnel O'Mahoney, a tough kid from Brooklyn, and arranges with two men for the young man to continue his travels on their wagon, but then one of them is…21S1·E21 The IndianU.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart arrives in North Fork in search of renegade Indians suspected of the brutal killing of a Texas Ranger and his family, but the townspeople are…22S1·E22 The Boarding HouseReformed card sharp Julia Massini now runs a respectable boarding house in North Fork, but Sid Fallon is threatening to reveal her sordid past unless she lets him turn…23S1·E23 The Second WitnessLucas puts his life in jeopardy when he agrees to testify in a murder case where the first witness was killed before he could testify, and the killer is still at large.24S1·E24 The TradeOutlaw Sam Morley falls in love with a young woman who has a serious illness, and asks Lucas to turn him in for the reward and then use the money to pay for her medical…25S1·E25 One Went to DenverLucas welcomes his old friend Tom Birch, who once saved his life, unaware that the man is now a bank robber who is on the run with his gang.26S1·E26 The Deadly WaitDan Nowry, released from Yuma prison, arrives in North Fork intent on getting even with Marshal Torrance,who helped send him to jail.27S1·E27 The Wrong ManYoung Mark McCain is eager to help lawman Jay Jefferson, who has arrived in North Fork intent on killing an outlaw for the reward, whether he is the right man or not.28S1·E28 The ChallengeWhen escaped convicts hold up the general store in North Fork and take Marshal Torrance hostage, Lucas comes to the rescue.29S1·E29 The HawkYoung Mark manages to capture a hawk, but then falls into danger from a rattlesnake. When a stranger comes to his rescue, the grateful Mark invites the man home,…30S1·E30 Three-Legged TerrorWhen a rambunctious teenager wrecks a schoolroom, Lucas McCain, as a member of the North Fork school board, asks the boy's reluctant uncle to pay for the damages.31S1·E31 The Angry ManThe McCains try to be tolerant of their embittered neighbor Abel MacDonald, who tels Lucas to keep off his land and won't allow his son to become friends with Mark, but…32S1·E32 The WomanAn unfounded rumor causes North Fork's outspoken feminist schoolteacher to be attacked by a mob of angry townspeople.33S1·E33 The Money GunWhen his employer begins to suspect him of embezzlement, bookkeeper Asa Manning decides to hire a professional gunman to take care of the problem.34S1·E34 A Matter of FaithAlthough a drought has forced local cowhands to seek work on a railroad construction project, railraod executives are afraid that their workers will desert them if they…35S1·E35 Blood BrothersLucas McCain gives blood to save a dying man and is surprised by Marshal Torrance's odd behavior toward the man. Then three men arrive from a nearby town and demand…36S1·E36 Stranger at NightMark's finding of the body of a murder victim starts Lucas, his friend Artemus, and Marshal Torrance on a search for the killer.37S1·E37 The RaidWhen renegade Apaches wound Lucas and kidnap Mark, Marshal Torrance joins with U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart to form a rescue posse.
S1·E38 Outlaw's InheritanceLucas is the town's representative to the railroad commission until an infamous train robber dies and leaves his ill-gotten wealth to Lucas. Lucas must clear his name…
S1·E39 BoomerangWhen a rancher dies after the bank forecloses the mortgage on his property, his son blames the banker for his father's death.40S1·E40 The Mind ReaderWhen a wealthy rancher is killed, Mark suggests that they seek the aid of a mind reader to identify the murderer.Cast
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Harlan Warde
Hamilton
P
Pepe Hern
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Montie Montana
Cowboy
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Michael Harris
Mike (uncredited)
Crew
- Creator
- Sam Peckinpah
- Producers
- Arthur H. Nadel
- Composer
- Herschel Burke Gilbert
Details
- First air date
- Sep 30, 1958
- Last air date
- Apr 8, 1963
- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes
- 168
- Episode runtime
- 30 min
- Network
- ABC
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Four Stars Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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