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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Chuck Connors
Lucas McCain
Johnny Crawford
Mark McCain
Paul Fix
Micah Torrance
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40 episodes • 1958Avg: 10.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sharpshooter | Sep 30, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Home Ranch | Oct 7, 1958 | 10.0 |
| 3 | End of a Young Gun | Oct 14, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Marshal | Oct 21, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Brother-in-Law | Oct 28, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Eight Hours to Die | Nov 4, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Duel of Honor | Nov 11, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Safe Guard | Oct 18, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Sister | Nov 25, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 10 | New Orleans Menace | Dec 26, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Apprentice Sheriff | Dec 9, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Young Englishman | Dec 16, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Angry Gun | Dec 23, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Gaucho | Dec 30, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Pet | Jan 6, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Sheridan Story | Jan 13, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Retired Gun | Jan 20, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Photographer | Jan 27, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Shivaree | Feb 3, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Deadeye Kid | Feb 10, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Indian | Feb 17, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Boarding House | Feb 24, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Second Witness | Mar 30, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Trade | Mar 10, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 25 | One Went to Denver | Mar 17, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Deadly Wait | Mar 24, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 27 | The Wrong Man | Mar 31, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 28 | The Challenge | Apr 7, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Hawk | Apr 14, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Three-Legged Terror | Apr 21, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 31 | The Angry Man | Apr 28, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 32 | The Woman | May 5, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 33 | The Money Gun | May 12, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 34 | A Matter of Faith | May 19, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Blood Brothers | May 26, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Stranger at Night | Jun 20, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 37 | The Raid | Jun 9, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Outlaw's Inheritance | Jun 16, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Boomerang | Jun 23, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 40 | The Mind Reader | Jun 30, 1959 | 0.0 |
36 episodes • 1959
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Patsy | Sep 29, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Bloodlines | Oct 6, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Blowout | Oct 13, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Obituary | Oct 20, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Tension | Oct 27, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Eddie's Daughter | Nov 3, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Panic | Nov 10, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Ordeal | Nov 17, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Spiked Rifle | Nov 24, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Letter of the Law | Dec 1, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Legacy | Dec 8, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Baby Sitter | Dec 15, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Coward | Dec 22, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Surveyors | Dec 29, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Day of the Hunter | Jan 5, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Mail Order Groom | Jan 12, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 17 | A Case of Identity | Jan 19, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Visitors | Jan 26, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Hero | Feb 2, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Horse Traders | Feb 9, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Spoiler | Feb 16, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Heller | Feb 23, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Grasshopper | Mar 1, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 24 | A Time for Singing | Mar 8, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Deserter | Mar 15, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Vision | Mar 22, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 27 | The Lariat | Mar 29, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Smoke Screen | Apr 5, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Shotgun Man | Apr 12, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Sins of the Father | Apr 19, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 31 | The Prodigal | Apr 26, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 32 | The Fourflusher | May 3, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 33 | The Jailbird | May 10, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Meeting at Midnight | May 17, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Nora | May 24, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 36 | The Hangman | May 31, 1960 | 0.0 |
34 episodes • 1960
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trail of Hate | Sep 27, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Woman From Hog Ridge | Oct 4, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Seven | Oct 11, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Pitchman | Sep 18, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Strange Town | Oct 25, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Baranca | Nov 1, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Martinet | Nov 8, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Miss Milly | Nov 15, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Dead Cold Cash | Nov 22, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Schoolmaster | Nov 29, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Promoter | Dec 6, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Illustrator | Dec 13, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Silent Knife | Dec 20, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Miss Bertie | Dec 27, 1960 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Six Years and a Day | Jan 30, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Flowers by the Door | Jan 10, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Long Trek | Jan 17, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Actress | Jan 24, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Face of Yesterday | Jan 31, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Wyoming Story (1) | Feb 7, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Wyoming Story (2) | Feb 14, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Closer than a Brother | Feb 21, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town | Feb 28, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Dark Day at North Fork | Mar 7, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Prisoner | Mar 14, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Assault | Mar 21, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Short Rope for a Tall Man | Mar 28, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 28 | The Clarence Bibs Story | Apr 4, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Score is Even | Apr 11, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Mescalaro Curse | Apr 18, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Stopover | Apr 25, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 32 | The Lonesome Bride | May 2, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Death Trap | May 9, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 34 | The Queue | May 16, 1961 | 0.0 |
32 episodes • 1961Avg: 8.0Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Vaqueros | Oct 2, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 2 | First Wages | Oct 9, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sheer Terror | Sep 16, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Stand-In | Oct 23, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Journey Back | Oct 30, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Decision | Nov 6, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Knight Errant | Nov 13, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Honest Abe | Nov 20, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Long Goodbye | Nov 27, 1961 | 8.0 |
| 10 | The Shattered Idol | Dec 4, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Long Gun From Tucson | Dec 11, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The High Country | Dec 18, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 13 | A Friend in Need | Dec 25, 1961 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Skull | Jan 1, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Princess | Jan 8, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Gunfire | Jan 15, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Quiet Fear | Jan 22, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Sporting Chance | Jan 29, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 19 | A Young Man's Fancy | Feb 5, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Man from Salinas | Feb 12, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Two Ounces of Tin | Feb 19, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Deadly Image | Feb 26, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Debt | Mar 5, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Tinhorn | Mar 12, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 25 | None So Blind | Mar 19, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Jealous Man | Mar 26, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Guilty Conscience | Apr 2, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Day of Reckoning | Apr 9, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Day the Town Slept | Apr 16, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Milly's Brother | Apr 23, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Outlaw's Shoes | Apr 30, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 32 | The Executioner | May 7, 1962 | 0.0 |
26 episodes • 1962
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste (1) | Oct 1, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Waste (2) | Oct 8, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Lou Mallory | Oct 15, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Quiet Night, Deadly Night | Oct 22, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Death Never Rides Alone | Oct 29, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 6 | I Take This Woman | Nov 5, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Assailants | Nov 12, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Mark's Rifle | Nov 19, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Most Amazing Man | Nov 26, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Squeeze Play | Dec 3, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Gun Shy | Dec 10, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Anvil Chorus | Dec 17, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Conflict | Dec 24, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Incident at Line Shack Six | Jan 7, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Suspicion | Jan 14, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Sidewinder | Jan 21, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Sixteenth Cousin | Jan 28, 1962 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Hostages to Fortune | Feb 4, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 19 | And the Devil Makes Five | Feb 11, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 20 | End of the Hunt | Feb 18, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Bullet | Feb 25, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Requiem at Mission Springs | Mar 4, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Guest | Mar 11, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Old Man Running (aka The Wanted Man) | Mar 18, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Which Way'd They Go? | Apr 1, 1963 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Old Tony | Apr 8, 1963 | 0.0 |
