Sam Peckinpah
Director
The Rifleman (1958)
Season 4
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
S4E1 - The Vaqueros
A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.
Oct. 2, 1961, midnight
S4E2 - First Wages
Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.
Oct. 9, 1961, midnight
S4E3 - Sheer Terror
Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.
Sept. 16, 1961, midnight
S4E4 - The Stand-In
Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.
Oct. 23, 1961, midnight
S4E5 - The Journey Back
Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.
Oct. 30, 1961, midnight
S4E6 - The Decision
Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.
Nov. 6, 1961, midnight
S4E7 - Knight Errant
Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.
Nov. 13, 1961, midnight
S4E8 - Honest Abe
Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.
Nov. 20, 1961, midnight
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S4E9 - The Long Goodbye
Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.
Nov. 27, 1961, midnight
S4E10 - The Shattered Idol
Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.
Dec. 4, 1961, midnight
S4E11 - Long Gun From Tucson
Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.
Dec. 11, 1961, midnight
S4E12 - The High Country
Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.
Dec. 18, 1961, midnight
S4E13 - A Friend in Need
Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.
Dec. 25, 1961, midnight
S4E14 - Skull
Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.
Jan. 1, 1962, midnight
S4E15 - The Princess
The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.
Jan. 8, 1962, midnight
S4E16 - Gunfire
When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.
Jan. 15, 1962, midnight
S4E17 - The Quiet Fear
Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.
Jan. 22, 1962, midnight
S4E18 - Sporting Chance
An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.
Jan. 29, 1962, midnight
S4E19 - A Young Man's Fancy
The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.
Feb. 5, 1962, midnight
S4E20 - The Man from Salinas
Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.
Feb. 12, 1962, midnight
S4E21 - Two Ounces of Tin
Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.
Feb. 19, 1962, midnight
S4E22 - Deadly Image
A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.
Feb. 26, 1962, midnight
S4E23 - The Debt
Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.
March 5, 1962, midnight
S4E24 - The Tinhorn
Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.
March 12, 1962, midnight
S4E25 - None So Blind
Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.
March 19, 1962, midnight
S4E26 - Jealous Man
None
March 26, 1962, midnight
S4E27 - Guilty Conscience
No one's more surprised than Micah when newcomer Leota Carraway claims he's her long-lost husband and the father of her child.
April 2, 1962, midnight
S4E28 - Day of Reckoning
Lucas is torn by conflicting emotions when he meets the town's new preacher—a former outlaw whom the Rifleman vowed to kill.
April 9, 1962, midnight
S4E29 - The Day the Town Slept
The town of North Fork becomes a haven for outlaws when suave Ben Judson smooth-talks his way into the marshal's job.
April 16, 1962, midnight
S4E30 - Milly's Brother
A veteran returns with tales of heroism and the fate of Milly's brother in the Civil War.
April 23, 1962, midnight
S4E31 - Outlaw's Shoes
A head wound wipes out Lucas's memory, leaving him with only one clue: he's wearing an outlaw's gun.
April 30, 1962, midnight
S4E32 - The Executioner
None
May 7, 1962, 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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