The Rifleman (1958)
Set in the 1880s New Mexico Territory, The Rifleman features Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain, a dedicated rancher, and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark. The black-and-white series, known for its compelling storytelling, aired on ABC from September 30, 1958, to April 8, 1963, and was produced by Four Star Television. Notably, it broke new ground by depicting a widowed father raising his son, adding depth to its Western themes. Each half-hour episode captivated audiences with action, heart, and the challenges of frontier life in the town of North Fork.
Episodes
E1
The Sharpshooter
E2
Home Ranch
E3
End of a Young Gun
E4
The Marshal
E5
The Brother-in-Law
E6
Eight Hours to Die
E7
Duel of Honor
E8
The Safe Guard
E9
The Sister
E10
New Orleans Menace
E11
The Apprentice Sheriff
E12
Young Englishman
E13
The Angry Gun
E14
The Gaucho
E15
The Pet
E16
The Sheridan Story
E17
The Retired Gun
E18
The Photographer
E19
Shivaree
E20
The Deadeye Kid
E21
The Indian
E22
The Boarding House
E23
The Second Witness
E24
The Trade
E25
One Went to Denver
E26
The Deadly Wait
E27
The Wrong Man
E28
The Challenge
E29
The Hawk
E30
Three-Legged Terror
E31
The Angry Man
E32
The Woman
E33
The Money Gun
E34
A Matter of Faith
E35
Blood Brothers
E36
Stranger at Night
E37
The Raid
E38
Outlaw's Inheritance
E39
Boomerang
E40
The Mind Reader
E1
The Patsy
E2
Bloodlines
E3
The Blowout
E4
Obituary
E5
Tension
E6
Eddie's Daughter
E7
Panic
E8
Ordeal
E9
The Spiked Rifle
E10
Letter of the Law
E11
The Legacy
E12
The Baby Sitter
E13
The Coward
E14
Surveyors
E15
Day of the Hunter
E16
Mail Order Groom
E17
A Case of Identity
E18
The Visitors
E19
The Hero
E20
The Horse Traders
E21
The Spoiler
E22
Heller
E23
The Grasshopper
E24
A Time for Singing
E25
The Deserter
E26
The Vision
E27
The Lariat
E28
Smoke Screen
E29
Shotgun Man
E30
Sins of the Father
E31
The Prodigal
E32
The Fourflusher
E33
The Jailbird
E34
Meeting at Midnight
E35
Nora
E36
The Hangman
E1
Trail of Hate
E2
Woman From Hog Ridge
E3
Seven
E4
The Pitchman
E5
Strange Town
E6
Baranca
E7
The Martinet
E8
Miss Milly
E9
Dead Cold Cash
E10
The Schoolmaster
E11
The Promoter
E12
The Illustrator
E13
The Silent Knife
E14
Miss Bertie
E15
Six Years and a Day
E16
Flowers by the Door
E17
Long Trek
E18
The Actress
E19
Face of Yesterday
E20
The Wyoming Story (1)
E21
The Wyoming Story (2)
E22
Closer than a Brother
E23
The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
E24
Dark Day at North Fork
E25
The Prisoner
E26
Assault
E27
Short Rope for a Tall Man
E28
The Clarence Bibs Story
E29
The Score is Even
E30
The Mescalaro Curse
E31
Stopover
E32
The Lonesome Bride
E33
Death Trap
E34
The Queue
E1
The Vaqueros
E2
First Wages
E3
Sheer Terror
E4
The Stand-In
E5
The Journey Back
E6
The Decision
E7
Knight Errant
E8
Honest Abe
E9
The Long Goodbye
E10
The Shattered Idol
E11
Long Gun From Tucson
E12
The High Country
E13
A Friend in Need
E14
Skull
E15
The Princess
E16
Gunfire
E17
The Quiet Fear
E18
Sporting Chance
E19
A Young Man's Fancy
E20
The Man from Salinas
E21
Two Ounces of Tin
E22
Deadly Image
E23
The Debt
E24
The Tinhorn
E25
None So Blind
E26
Jealous Man
E27
Guilty Conscience
E28
Day of Reckoning
E29
The Day the Town Slept
E30
Milly's Brother
E31
Outlaw's Shoes
E32
The Executioner
E1
Waste (1)
E2
Waste (2)
E3
Lou Mallory
E4
Quiet Night, Deadly Night
E5
Death Never Rides Alone
E6
I Take This Woman
E7
The Assailants
E8
Mark's Rifle
E9
The Most Amazing Man
E10
Squeeze Play
E11
Gun Shy
E12
The Anvil Chorus
E13
Conflict
E14
Incident at Line Shack Six
E15
Suspicion
E16
The Sidewinder
E17
The Sixteenth Cousin
E18
Hostages to Fortune
E19
And the Devil Makes Five
E20
End of the Hunt
E21
The Bullet
E22
Requiem at Mission Springs
E23
The Guest
E24
Old Man Running (aka The Wanted Man)
E25
Which Way'd They Go?
E26
Old Tony
