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The Rifleman

Season 1 Episode 8: The Safe Guard

A Texas gunslinger is hired to protect the bank of North Fork. When he appears at the McCain Ranch, he doesn't leave a very good impression with Lucas, and for good reason - he has a secret. Mark is proud when he sells his first pig.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Sharpshooter

1. The Sharpshooter

Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Lucas is ordered by a murderous town owner to lose a public shooting match, o...

Episode 2 Home Ranch

2. Home Ranch

Aired: Oct 7, 1958

Lucas McCain and his son Mark make their way to the ranch they've just bought...

Episode 3 End of a Young Gun

3. End of a Young Gun

Aired: Oct 14, 1958

After Will Fulton breaks his leg while rescuing Mark McCain who has slipped o...

Episode 4 The Marshal

4. The Marshal

Aired: Oct 21, 1958

In North Fork, Lucas McCain meets town drunk Micah Torrance who at one time w...

Episode 5 The Brother-in-Law

5. The Brother-in-Law

Aired: Oct 28, 1958

Johnny Gibbs, Lucas' brother-in-law, arrives for a visit at the McCain ranch....

Episode 6 Eight Hours to Die

6. Eight Hours to Die

Aired: Nov 4, 1958

A vengeful judge is convinced that Lucas is responsible for the death of his ...

Episode 7 Duel of Honor

7. Duel of Honor

Aired: Nov 11, 1958

When the stagecoach breaks down in North Fork an Italian Count, Alfredo di Mo...

Episode 8 The Safe Guard

8. The Safe Guard

Aired: Oct 18, 1958

A Texas gunslinger is hired to protect the bank of North Fork. When he appear...

Episode 9 The Sister

9. The Sister

Aired: Nov 25, 1958

Mark introduces the pretty Rebecca Snipe to his father, and her two burly bro...

Episode 10 New Orleans Menace

10. New Orleans Menace

Aired: Dec 26, 1958

A gambler, fleeing New Orleans with his henchmen, takes a liking to Lucas' ra...

Episode 12 The Angry Gun

12. The Angry Gun

Aired: Dec 16, 1958

While traveling back to North Fork on the stage after selling their herd, Luc...

Episode 13 The Young Englishman

13. The Young Englishman

Aired: Dec 23, 1958

Lucas loses a calf and suspects a neighbor's foreman. As it's already been br...

Episode 14 The Gaucho

14. The Gaucho

Aired: Dec 30, 1958

A hot-tempered Argentinian cowboy along with father and lovely sister, buy a ...

Episode 15 The Pet

15. The Pet

Aired: Jan 6, 1959

Lucas helps a man after he's shot in a shootout by a man who wants to keep a ...

Episode 16 The Sheridan Story

16. The Sheridan Story

Aired: Jan 13, 1959

Lucas McCain hires a bitter ex-Confederate to help him around the ranch. When...

Episode 17 The Retired Gun

17. The Retired Gun

Aired: Jan 20, 1959

A notorious gunfighter gets married and promises his new wife that he will ta...

Episode 18 The Photographer

18. The Photographer

Aired: Jan 27, 1959

When a photographer, an old friend of the McCains, is accused of murder, Mark...

Episode 19 Shivaree

19. Shivaree

Aired: Feb 3, 1959

A wagon train master forces a young couple to marry after they hide the fact ...

Episode 20 The Deadeye Kid

20. The Deadeye Kid

Aired: Feb 10, 1959

When a young boy from Brooklyn is accused of murder, Mark, believing the boy'...

Episode 21 The Indian

21. The Indian

Aired: Feb 17, 1959

Lucas McCain and his son Mark come across U.S. Deputy Marshal Sam Buckhart wh...

Episode 22 The Boarding House

22. The Boarding House

Aired: Feb 24, 1959

Sid Fallon tries to blackmail former gambler Julia Andueza into allowing him ...

Episode 23 The Second Witness

23. The Second Witness

Aired: Mar 30, 1959

As the second witness of a murder, Lucas is asked to travel to another town t...

Episode 24 The Trade

24. The Trade

Aired: Mar 10, 1959

Lucas McCain is surprised when someone he once worked with, Sam Morley, shows...

Episode 25 One Went to Denver

25. One Went to Denver

Aired: Mar 17, 1959

Bank robber Tom Birch and his outlaw gang arrive in North Fork, where Birch h...

Episode 26 The Deadly Wait

26. The Deadly Wait

Aired: Mar 24, 1959

Dan Maury, a criminal arrested by Micah Torrance, returns from five years in ...

Episode 27 The Wrong Man

27. The Wrong Man

Aired: Mar 31, 1959

A corrupt marshal from outside North Fork goes after an outlaw with a price o...

Episode 28 The Challenge

28. The Challenge

Aired: Apr 7, 1959

An escaped killer is out to prove that his time in prison hasn't slowed down ...

Episode 29 The Hawk

29. The Hawk

Aired: Apr 14, 1959

Mark finally captures a hawk he's been after, but when his life is endangered...

Episode 30 Three Legged Terror

30. Three Legged Terror

Aired: Apr 21, 1959

Troublemaker Johnny Clover, a student at the North Fork school, wrecks the cl...

Episode 31 The Angry Man

31. The Angry Man

Aired: Apr 28, 1959

Although his son has been seriously hurt in an accident, one of Lucas' neighb...

Episode 32 The Woman

32. The Woman

Aired: May 5, 1959

When North Fork's lovely schoolteacher attempts to organize a women's suffrag...

Episode 33 The Money Gun

33. The Money Gun

Aired: May 12, 1959

A hired killer Lucas Cain is acquainted with to his disdain comes into town w...

Episode 34 A Matter of Faith

34. A Matter of Faith

Aired: May 19, 1959

Because of a terrible drought the railroad has sent two men into North Fork t...

Episode 35 Blood Brother

35. Blood Brother

Aired: May 26, 1959

When Lucas brings a dying man to North Fork, he notices that Micah has a stra...

Episode 36 Stranger at Night

36. Stranger at Night

Aired: Jun 20, 1959

Mark comes across the dead body of a stranger. Although the man has no identi...

Episode 37 The Raid

37. The Raid

Aired: Jun 9, 1959

Mark is kidnapped by a band of renegade Indians, who then escape into the hil...

Episode 38 Outlaw's Inheritance

38. Outlaw's Inheritance

Aired: Jun 16, 1959

The townspeople of North Fork begin to get suspicious when Lucas is named as ...

Episode 39 Boomerang

39. Boomerang

Aired: Jun 23, 1959

Lucas takes in an orphaned young boy, and one of the things he teaches the bo...

Episode 40 The Mind Reader

40. The Mind Reader

Aired: Jun 30, 1959

While walking down the main street in North Fork, John Hallager is shot from ...

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Info about The Rifleman

Seasons: 5

Network: ABC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Family, Western

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