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The Rifleman(TV show/series, 1958-1963)

TV-PG
| 30min per episode | Genres: Action & Adventure, Western, Kids & Family

Scripted Reality in 5 seasons with 168 episodes

The RiflemanRating: 3.5/5 (with 22 votes)
The Rifleman is an American Western television series starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the fictional town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black and white, in 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 primetime series on US television to show a single parent raising a child. The program was titled to reflect McCain's use of a Winchester Model 1892 rifle, a historical anachronism, as the show was set in the 1880s, and customized to allow repeated firing by cycling its lever action. He demonstrated this technique in the opening credits, as well as a second modification that allowed him to cycle the action with one hand using a technique known as "spin-cocking". ()
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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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"The Rifleman" circa 1958(Trailer, 0:20)

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The Rifleman Seasons and Episodes

10/01/1962Season 5 - 26 episodes
#1 | 10/01/1962Waste (1)
Marshal Torrance is heading home from a cattle sale with Lucas and Mark when the old lawman mysteriously disappears. They trace him to a nearby Mexican ghost town. (Part 1 of 2)
#2 | 10/08/1962Waste (2)
Conclusion. After Alphonso's wife gives birth, the bandits holding Marshal Torrance relax their guard, enabling Lucas and Mark to rescue the old man.
#3 | 10/15/1962Lou Mallory
Red-headed Lou Mallory arrives in North Fork and soon arouses the townpeople's suspicions.
#4 | 10/22/1962Quiet Night, Deadly Night
Townspeople brace for the worst when a new girl arrives—with symptoms of smallpox.
#5 | 10/29/1962Death Never Rides Alone
A gunslinger rides into North Fork for a meeting with Lucas.
#6 | 11/05/1962I Take This Woman
Lou looks for a way out when the man her dying father promised her to arrives.
#7 | 11/12/1962The Assailants
An assassination plot unfolds as four gunmen disguised as cavalrymen enter North Fork. Their target: Sen. Jim Borden. Their weapon: a Gatling gun.
#8 | 11/19/1962Mark's Rifle
Sharpshooter Marty Blair tries to persuade Lucas to buy Mark a rifle.
#9 | 11/26/1962The Most Amazing Man
Fast-draw artist Wade Randall is less than anxious to display his prowess.
#10 | 12/03/1962Squeeze Play
A speculator will stop at nothing to grab Lucas's land.
#11 | 12/10/1962Gun Shy
Mark blames himself for a friend's accidental death.
#12 | 12/17/1962The Anvil Chorus
A blacksmith-turned-deputy sets the stage for trouble when he demands that all townspeople turn in their weapons.
#13 | 12/24/1962Conflict
Lucas's self-confidence begins to slip away when he misses an easy shot.
#14 | 01/07/1963Incident at Line Shack Six
#15 | 01/14/1963Suspicion
#16 | 01/21/1963The Sidewinder
Gridley Mau is gunning for Lucas, who killed his father during an attempted robbery.
#17 | 01/28/1962The Sixteenth Cousin
A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.
#18 | 02/04/1963Hostages to Fortune
At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.
#19 | 02/11/1963And the Devil Makes Five
A snake crawls into Lucas's bed, and Mark must lure it away before it strikes.
#20 | 02/18/1963End of the Hunt
Lucas is thrown into jail to stop him from murdering an old enemy.
#21 | 02/25/1963The Bullet
Lucas is baffled when the marshal of a neighboring town refuses to hold a gambler who just attempted murder.
#22 | 03/04/1963Requiem at Mission Springs
Lucas begins a trek to find a cure for Mark, who is paralyzed after a bad fall.
#23 | 03/11/1963The Guest
New arrival Mario Arsatti becomes very friendly with Lucas, but this turns out to be merely pleasure before business: he's been hired to kill Lucas.
#24 | 03/18/1963Old Man Running (aka The Wanted Man)
Lucas, who blames his wife's death on his father-in-law, refuses to help the old man elude gunmen.
#25 | 04/01/1963Which Way'd They Go?
The notoriously lazy Jackman brothers discover their mortgage has been foreclosed.
#26 | 04/08/1963Old Tony
Mark and his girlfriend Laurie discover that an old hermit is very lonely.
10/02/1961Season 4 - 32 episodes
09/27/1960Season 3 - 34 episodes
09/29/1959Season 2 - 36 episodes
09/30/1958Season 1 - 40 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/30/1958
Last episode released on: 04/08/1963
Keywords: widower
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:2225, Added: 05/11/2018, Last updated: 04/06/2024