Episode 1
Trail of Hate
30m
Lucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars Jack Kruschen, Harold J. Stone, Marc Lawrence
TV series
The Rifleman
1958TV-PG5 seasons7.1 / 10
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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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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Episode 2
Woman From Hog Ridge
30m
Lucas shoots a horse thief who turns out to be a member of the Boyle clan, and now Ma Boyle is after him.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonGuest stars Dee J. Thompson, Lane Bradford
Episode 3
Seven
30m
Seven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.
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Directed by Ted PostGuest stars Don Megowan, Bing Russell
Episode 4
The Pitchman
30m
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.
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Directed by John RichGuest stars John Milford, Paul Wexler, Bob Sweeney
Episode 5
Strange Town
30m
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.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars Milton Parsons, Claude Akins, William Schallert, Peter Whitney, Joe Higgins
Episode 6
Baranca
30m
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.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars John Milford, Cesare Danova, Jack Kruschen, Linda Dangcil
Episode 7
The Martinet
30m
A former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars John Hoyt, Richard Alexander, Don Dubbins
Episode 8
Miss Milly
30m
A new store owner upsets the town by demanding that all credit accounts be paid off.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars Joan Taylor, Michael Fox, Warren Oates, Richard Devon
Episode 9
Dead Cold Cash
30m
The widow of a bandit killed by Lucas plots a grotesque revenge.
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Guest stars Ed Nelson, Chris Alcaide
Episode 10
The Schoolmaster
30m
Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.
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Directed by Arthur HillerGuest stars Arnold Moss
Episode 11
The Promoter
30m
A con man and his fast-gun friend come to North Fork. Lucas enters a target shooting contest.
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Guest stars Denny Miller, Dabbs Greer, Dabbs Greer, Ollie O'Toole, Robert F. Hoy, George Bruggeman, Phil Schumacher, George Sowards
Episode 12
The Illustrator
30m
Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.
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Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Ed Nelson, Richard Whorf, Dayton Lummis, Joe Perry
Episode 13
The Silent Knife
30m
Lucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.
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Directed by Don MedfordGuest stars Bill Quinn, Brad Weston, Robert B. Williams, James Chandler, Richard Devon
Episode 14
Miss Bertie
30m
A lively old lady arrives in town hot on the trail of a notorious bandit—and the reward money for capturing him.
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Directed by James ClavellGuest stars Richard Anderson, Agnes Moorehead, Glenn Strange, Mel Allen, Leonard Stone
Episode 15
Six Years and a Day
30m
A doctor seeks revenge on the man he blames for ruining his practice.
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Guest stars John Larch, Ron Hayes
Episode 16
Flowers by the Door
30m
Lucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars Patricia Breslin, Jean Allison, Richard Anderson
Episode 17
Long Trek
30m
Lucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.
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Directed by Lamont JohnsonGuest stars Lonny Chapman
Episode 18
The Actress
30m
A deathbed request from an old friend sends Lucas to a neighboring town in search of the man's long-lost sweetheart.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisWritten by Lawrence DobkinGuest stars Diana Millay, Herb Armstrong, Morris Ankrum
Episode 19
Face of Yesterday
30m
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.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars Ben Cooper
Episode 20
The Wyoming Story (1)
30m
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)
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars Dabbs Greer, Kent Taylor, Chris Alcaide, Joe Higgins
Episode 21
The Wyoming Story (2)
30m
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)
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars Dabbs Greer, Kent Taylor, Chris Alcaide, Joe Higgins
Episode 22
Closer than a Brother
30m
Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisWritten by Cyril HumeGuest stars Berry Kroeger, Rex Ingram, Bill Quinn
Episode 23
The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
30m
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.
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Directed by Don TaylorGuest stars William Fawcett, Robert Foulk, Mickey Finn
Episode 24
Dark Day at North Fork
30m
Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.
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Guest stars John Milford, Ralph Moody, Joe Higgins
Episode 25
The Prisoner
30m
Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.
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Directed by Joseph H. LewisGuest stars John Dehner, Bill Quinn, Adam Williams
Episode 26
Assault
30m
A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.
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Directed by Ida LupinoGuest stars Paul Mantee, King Calder, Bob Sweeney
Episode 27
Short Rope for a Tall Man
30m
Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.
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Written by Tom GriesGuest stars Bert Freed, Hal Baylor, Norman Leavitt, William Schallert, Joe Higgins
Episode 28
The Clarence Bibs Story
30m
A janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.
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Directed by David FriedkinGuest stars Buddy Hackett, John Milford, Lee Van Cleef, X Brands, Denver Pyle
Episode 29
The Score is Even
30m
Lucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.
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Directed by William F. ClaxtonGuest stars Adam Williams
Episode 30
The Mescalaro Curse
30m
Lucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.
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Directed by Jesse HibbsGuest stars Michael Pate, Joe Brown, Charles Watts, Kay E. Kuter
Episode 31
Stopover
30m
Trouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.
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Directed by Budd BoetticherGuest stars Adam West, Bethel Leslie, Gordon Jones, Joe Higgins
Episode 32
The Lonesome Bride
30m
Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.
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Directed by Otto LangGuest stars Joan Shawlee, Kay E. Kuter
Episode 33
Death Trap
30m
Lucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.
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Guest stars Gigi Perreau, Hank Stohl, John Pickard, Steve Pendleton, James Drury, Philip Carey
Episode 34
The Queue
30mfinale
A Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.
Episode credits
Directed by James ClavellGuest stars Paul Wexler, Victor Sen Yung, Peter Whitney, Pat Close
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
More about The Rifleman
Cast
Chuck ConnorsLucas McCain
Johnny CrawfordMark McCain
Paul FixMicah Torrance
Rhys Williams
John Milford
Vito Scotti
Paul Wexler
Royal DanoCredits
- Created by
- Sam Peckinpah
- Written by
- Cyril Hume
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 168
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ABCUnited States- Four Stars ProductionsUnited States
Themes
widower
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