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The Rifleman

A Wild West rancher and his son embark on thrilling adventures, armed with a unique rapid-fire Winchester rifle.

Lucas McCain, a widowed father, uses his exceptional marksmanship skills, honed by his modified Winchester rifle, to help Marshal Micah Torrance keep the peace in North Fork, New Mexico, while raising his son Mark on their ranch.

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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