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The Rifleman (1958)

Family · Western

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.

IMDb rating
8.3 (5,851 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
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Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (1958)

8.14 avg 40 episodes 8.6 → 7.8 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 530 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 365 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 353 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 363 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 251 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 255 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 259 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 252 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 267 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 231 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 225 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 242 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 221 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 227 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 191 votesEp 16: 8.7 · 313 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 213 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 214 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 220 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 195 votesEp 21: 8.4 · 228 votesEp 22: 7.9 · 224 votesEp 23: 8.3 · 203 votesEp 24: 8.1 · 188 votesEp 25: 8.2 · 183 votesEp 26: 8.5 · 203 votesEp 27: 8.2 · 168 votesEp 28: 7.8 · 209 votesEp 29: 8.3 · 185 votesEp 30: 8.2 · 195 votesEp 31: 8.3 · 209 votesEp 32: 8.0 · 185 votesEp 33: 8.4 · 209 votesEp 34: 8.0 · 179 votesEp 35: 8.1 · 173 votesEp 36: 7.8 · 168 votesEp 37: 8.2 · 195 votesEp 38: 7.7 · 189 votesEp 39: 8.1 · 193 votesEp 40: 7.8 · 199 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Sharpshooter8.6530
2Home Ranch8.1365
3End of a Young Gun8.3353
4The Marshal8.5363
5The Brother-in-Law7.8251
6Eight Hours to Die8.0255
7Duel of Honor8.3259
8The Safe Guard8.3252
9The Sister8.4267
10New Orleans Menace8.0231
11The Apprentice Sheriff7.9225
12The Angry Gun8.4242
13The Young Englishman8.1221
14The Gaucho8.1227
15The Pet8.2191
16The Sheridan Story8.7313
17The Retired Gun8.0213
18The Photographer8.2214
19Shivaree7.7220
20The Deadeye Kid7.8195
21The Indian8.4228
22The Boarding House7.9224
23The Second Witness8.3203
24The Trade8.1188
25One Went to Denver8.2183
26The Deadly Wait8.5203
27The Wrong Man8.2168
28The Challenge7.8209
29The Hawk8.3185
30Three Legged Terror8.2195
31The Angry Man8.3209
32The Woman8.0185
33The Money Gun8.4209
34A Matter of Faith8.0179
35Blood Brother8.1173
36Stranger at Night7.8168
37The Raid8.2195
38Outlaw's Inheritance7.7189
39Boomerang8.1193
40The Mind Reader7.8199

Season 2 (1959)

8.02 avg 36 episodes 8.0 → 8.1 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 182 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 204 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 183 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 185 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 189 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 176 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 188 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 183 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 164 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 170 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 164 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 204 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 179 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 154 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 196 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 215 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 196 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 201 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 164 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 152 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 165 votesEp 22: 8.4 · 199 votesEp 23: 8.1 · 172 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 158 votesEp 25: 8.4 · 175 votesEp 26: 8.4 · 232 votesEp 27: 7.9 · 164 votesEp 28: 7.8 · 149 votesEp 29: 8.0 · 174 votesEp 30: 7.9 · 152 votesEp 31: 8.3 · 171 votesEp 32: 8.2 · 137 votesEp 33: 7.9 · 141 votesEp 34: 8.0 · 160 votesEp 35: 7.9 · 169 votesEp 36: 8.1 · 160 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Patsy8.0182
2Bloodlines8.0204
3The Blowout8.3183
4Obituary8.3185
5Tension8.0189
6Eddie's Daughter7.7176
7Panic8.2188
8Ordeal8.1183
9The Spiked Rifle8.1164
10Letter of the Law8.2170
11The Legacy7.7164
12The Baby Sitter7.3204
13The Coward8.2179
14Surveyors8.0154
15Day of the Hunter7.4196
16Mail Order Groom7.8215
17A Case of Identity8.3196
18The Visitor8.4201
19Hero7.9164
20The Horse Traders7.7152
21The Spoiler8.1165
22Heller8.4199
23The Grasshopper8.1172
24A Time for Singing7.7158
25The Deserter8.4175
26The Vision8.4232
27The Lariat7.9164
28Smoke Screen7.8149
29Shotgun Man8.0174
30Sins of the Father7.9152
31The Prodigal8.3171
32The Fourflusher8.2137
33The Jailbird7.9141
34Meeting at Midnight8.0160
35Nora7.9169
36The Hangman8.1160

Season 3 (1960)

8.04 avg 34 episodes 8.1 → 8.2 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 172 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 186 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 150 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 165 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 170 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 184 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 155 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 181 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 165 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 166 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 168 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 150 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 172 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 196 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 156 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 178 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 157 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 178 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 202 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 176 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 176 votesEp 22: 8.4 · 181 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 156 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 154 votesEp 25: 7.9 · 150 votesEp 26: 7.3 · 157 votesEp 27: 8.0 · 138 votesEp 28: 8.3 · 171 votesEp 29: 7.9 · 146 votesEp 30: 8.0 · 155 votesEp 31: 8.5 · 220 votesEp 32: 7.9 · 181 votesEp 33: 8.7 · 193 votesEp 34: 8.2 · 170 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Trail of Hate8.1172
2Woman from Hog Ridge8.4186
3Seven7.9150
4The Pitchman7.7165
5Strange Town7.8170
6Baranca8.2184
7The Martinet7.6155
8Miss Milly8.0181
9Dead Cold Cash8.4165
10The Schoolmaster7.8166
11The Promoter8.0168
12The Illustrator7.5150
13The Silent Knife8.1172
14Miss Bertie8.0196
15Six Years and a Day7.8156
16Flowers by the Door8.2178
17Long Trek8.0157
18The Actress7.8178
19Face of Yesterday8.5202
20The Wyoming Story: Part 18.4176
21The Wyoming Story: Part 28.5176
22Closer Than a Brother8.4181
23The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town7.7156
24Dark Day at North Fork8.0154
25The Prisoner7.9150
26Assault7.3157
27Short Rope for a Tall Man8.0138
28The Clarence Bibs Story8.3171
29The Score Is Even7.9146
30The Mescalero Curse8.0155
31Stopover8.5220
32The Lonesome Bride7.9181
33Death Trap8.7193
34The Queue8.2170

Season 4 (1961)

7.99 avg 32 episodes 8.4 → 7.5 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 186 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 153 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 168 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 151 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 143 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 166 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 163 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 168 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 136 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 180 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 167 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 167 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 139 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 160 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 167 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 162 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 166 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 140 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 185 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 152 votesEp 21: 8.8 · 246 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 162 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 144 votesEp 24: 7.8 · 164 votesEp 25: 7.7 · 160 votesEp 26: 7.7 · 140 votesEp 27: 8.0 · 173 votesEp 28: 8.2 · 139 votesEp 29: 8.0 · 158 votesEp 30: 7.5 · 134 votesEp 31: 7.8 · 139 votesEp 32: 7.5 · 146 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Vaqueros8.4186
2First Wages8.3153
3Sheer Terror8.2168
4The Stand-In7.9151
5The Journey Back8.2143
6The Decision8.3166
7Knight Errant7.6163
8Honest Abe7.9168
9The Long Goodbye8.0136
10The Shattered Idol7.7180
11Long Gun from Tucson8.1167
12The High Country8.1167
13A Friend in Need7.8139
14Skull8.1160
15The Princess7.7167
16Gunfire8.4162
17The Quiet Fear8.4166
18Sporting Chance7.4140
19A Young Man's Fancy8.3185
20The Man from Salinas8.3152
21Two Ounces of Tin8.8246
22Deadly Image7.7162
23The Debt7.9144
24Tinhorn7.8164
25None So Blind7.7160
26Jealous Man7.7140
27Guilty Conscience8.0173
28Day of Reckoning8.2139
29The Day a Town Slept8.0158
30Milly's Brother7.5134
31Outlaw's Shoes7.8139
32The Executioner7.5146

Season 5 (1962)

7.90 avg 26 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 30 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.9 · 184 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 169 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 167 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 157 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 208 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 154 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 162 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 157 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 206 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 143 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 163 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 151 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 143 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 146 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 140 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 213 votesEp 17: 7.4 · 169 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 132 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 144 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 137 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 164 votesEp 22: 7.9 · 146 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 148 votesEp 24: 8.4 · 171 votesEp 25: 6.2 · 193 votesEp 26: 8.0 · 218 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Waste: Part 17.9184
2Waste: Part 28.1169
3Lou Mallory8.1167
4Quiet Night, Deadly Night8.1157
5Death Never Rides Alone8.7208
6I Take This Woman7.5154
7The Assailants8.3162
8Mark's Rifle8.3157
9The Most Amazing Man8.5206
10Squeeze Play8.1143
11Gun Shy7.9163
12The Anvil Chorus7.7151
13Conflict7.3143
14Incident at Line Shack Six8.1146
15Suspicion7.6140
16The Sidewinder8.2213
17The Sixteenth Cousin7.4169
18Hostages to Fortune7.5132
19And the Devil Makes Five7.9144
20End of the Hunt7.9137
21The Bullet8.3164
22Requiem at Mission Springs7.9146
23The Guest7.6148
24Old Man Running8.4171
25Which Way'd They Go?6.2193
26Old Tony8.0218

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