Sam Peckinpah
Director
The Rifleman (1958)
Season 3
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.
Released Sept. 30, 1958
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Action, Family, Western
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Production Companies: Four Stars Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Trail of Hate
Lucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.
Sept. 27, 1960, midnight
S3E2 - Woman From Hog Ridge
Lucas shoots a horse thief who turns out to be a member of the Boyle clan, and now Ma Boyle is after him.
Oct. 4, 1960, midnight
S3E3 - Seven
Seven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.
Oct. 11, 1960, midnight
S3E4 - The Pitchman
When Mark finds gold on their property, a fast-talking salesman who tried to sell Lucas a new lightning rod offers instead to buy the ranch's mineral rights.
Sept. 18, 1960, midnight
S3E5 - Strange Town
Lucas tracks an escaped prisoner to a town that turns out to be run by the gunman's brother, notorious for shooting people in the back.
Oct. 25, 1960, midnight
S3E6 - Baranca
When an outlaw leader lures Marshal Torrance out of town, Lucas is the only one who can stop him from lynching a local man who killed one of the members of his gang.
Nov. 1, 1960, midnight
S3E7 - The Martinet
A former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.
Nov. 8, 1960, midnight
S3E8 - Miss Milly
A new store owner upsets the town by demanding that all credit accounts be paid off.
Nov. 15, 1960, midnight
S3E9 - Dead Cold Cash
The widow of a bandit killed by Lucas plots a grotesque revenge.
Nov. 22, 1960, midnight
S3E10 - The Schoolmaster
Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.
Nov. 29, 1960, midnight
S3E11 - The Promoter
A con man and his fast-gun friend come to North Fork. Lucas enters a target shooting contest.
Dec. 6, 1960, midnight
S3E12 - The Illustrator
Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.
Dec. 13, 1960, midnight
S3E13 - The Silent Knife
Lucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.
Dec. 20, 1960, midnight
S3E14 - Miss Bertie
A lively old lady arrives in town hot on the trail of a notorious bandit—and the reward money for capturing him.
Dec. 27, 1960, midnight
S3E15 - Six Years and a Day
A doctor seeks revenge on the man he blames for ruining his practice.
Jan. 30, 1961, midnight
S3E16 - Flowers by the Door
Lucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.
Jan. 10, 1961, midnight
S3E17 - Long Trek
Lucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.
Jan. 17, 1961, midnight
S3E18 - The Actress
A deathbed request from an old friend sends Lucas to a neighboring town in search of the man's long-lost sweetheart.
Jan. 24, 1961, midnight
S3E19 - Face of Yesterday
Lucas thinks he has seen a ghost when a young man, eerily similar to a man he killed in the Civil War, challenges him to a gunfight.
Jan. 31, 1961, midnight
S3E20 - The Wyoming Story (1)
Lucas agrees to take a job as a federal undercover agent and goes to Wyoming to investigate rumors of sales of arms to renegade indians. His life is endagered by the town drunk who stumbles onto his true identity and purpose. (Part 1 of 2)
Feb. 7, 1961, midnight
S3E21 - The Wyoming Story (2)
Mark heads for Wyoming to search for Lucas, who's on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians. (Part 2 of 2)
Feb. 14, 1961, midnight
S3E22 - Closer than a Brother
Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.
Feb. 21, 1961, midnight
S3E23 - The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
In a ghost town, Lucas, Mark and Micah tangle with the Newman family and learn the secret of the town's 20-year-old mystery of a lost gold mine.
Feb. 28, 1961, midnight
S3E24 - Dark Day at North Fork
Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.
March 7, 1961, midnight
S3E25 - The Prisoner
Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.
March 14, 1961, midnight
S3E26 - Assault
A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.
March 21, 1961, midnight
S3E27 - Short Rope for a Tall Man
Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.
March 28, 1961, midnight
S3E28 - The Clarence Bibs Story
A janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.
April 4, 1961, midnight
S3E29 - The Score is Even
Lucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.
April 11, 1961, midnight
S3E30 - The Mescalaro Curse
Lucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.
April 18, 1961, midnight
S3E31 - Stopover
Trouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.
April 25, 1961, midnight
S3E32 - The Lonesome Bride
Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.
May 2, 1961, midnight
S3E33 - Death Trap
Lucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.
May 9, 1961, midnight
S3E34 - The Queue
A Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.
May 16, 1961, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 5040 min.
Released: Sept. 30, 1958
Last Air Date: April 8, 1963, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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