• Air date: 02 Oct '61 32 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (32)
    • 1. The Vaqueros

      02 Oct '61
      A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.
    • 2. First Wages

      09 Oct '61
      Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.
    • 3. Sheer Terror

      16 Sep '61
      Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.
    • 4. The Stand-In

      23 Oct '61
      Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.
    • 5. The Journey Back

      30 Oct '61
      Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.
    • 6. The Decision

      06 Nov '61
      Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.
    • 7. Knight Errant

      13 Nov '61
      Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
    • 8. Honest Abe

      20 Nov '61
      Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.
    • 9. The Long Goodbye

      27 Nov '61
      Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
    • 10. The Shattered Idol

      04 Dec '61
      Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.
    • 11. Long Gun From Tucson

      11 Dec '61
      Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.
    • 12. The High Country

      18 Dec '61
      Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
    • 13. A Friend in Need

      25 Dec '61
      Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.
    • 14. Skull

      01 Jan '62
      Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.
    • 15. The Princess

      08 Jan '62
      The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.
    • 16. Gunfire

      15 Jan '62
      When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.
    • 17. The Quiet Fear

      22 Jan '62
      Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
    • 18. Sporting Chance

      29 Jan '62
      An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.
    • 19. A Young Man's Fancy

      05 Feb '62
      The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.
    • 20. The Man from Salinas

      12 Feb '62
      Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.
    • 21. Two Ounces of Tin

      19 Feb '62
      Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.
    • 22. Deadly Image

      26 Feb '62
      Lucas has double trouble: his lookalike is tearing up the town.
    • 23. The Debt

      05 Mar '62
      Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.
    • 24. The Tinhorn

      12 Mar '62
      Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.
    • 25. None So Blind

      19 Mar '62
      Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.