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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 (5,902 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
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Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1958)

8.15 avg 40 episodes 8.6 → 7.8 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 536 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 364 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 351 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 357 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 250 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 255 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 260 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 253 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 266 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 230 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 226 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 240 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 221 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 227 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 192 votesEp 16: 8.7 · 317 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 212 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 213 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 224 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 199 votesEp 21: 8.4 · 226 votesEp 22: 7.9 · 221 votesEp 23: 8.3 · 203 votesEp 24: 8.1 · 187 votesEp 25: 8.2 · 181 votesEp 26: 8.5 · 201 votesEp 27: 8.2 · 169 votesEp 28: 7.9 · 211 votesEp 29: 8.3 · 185 votesEp 30: 8.2 · 195 votesEp 31: 8.3 · 206 votesEp 32: 8.0 · 183 votesEp 33: 8.4 · 207 votesEp 34: 8.0 · 177 votesEp 35: 8.1 · 172 votesEp 36: 7.8 · 166 votesEp 37: 8.2 · 194 votesEp 38: 7.7 · 191 votesEp 39: 8.1 · 193 votesEp 40: 7.8 · 201 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Sharpshooter8.6536
2Home Ranch8.1364
3End of a Young Gun8.3351
4The Marshal8.5357
5The Brother-in-Law7.8250
6Eight Hours to Die8.0255
7Duel of Honor8.3260
8The Safe Guard8.3253
9The Sister8.4266
10New Orleans Menace8.0230
11The Apprentice Sheriff7.9226
12The Angry Gun8.4240
13The Young Englishman8.2221
14The Gaucho8.2227
15The Pet8.2192
16The Sheridan Story8.7317
17The Retired Gun8.1212
18The Photographer8.2213
19Shivaree7.7224
20The Deadeye Kid7.8199
21The Indian8.4226
22The Boarding House7.9221
23The Second Witness8.3203
24The Trade8.1187
25One Went to Denver8.2181
26The Deadly Wait8.5201
27The Wrong Man8.2169
28The Challenge7.9211
29The Hawk8.3185
30Three Legged Terror8.2195
31The Angry Man8.3206
32The Woman8.0183
33The Money Gun8.4207
34A Matter of Faith8.0177
35Blood Brother8.1172
36Stranger at Night7.8166
37The Raid8.2194
38Outlaw's Inheritance7.7191
39Boomerang8.1193
40The Mind Reader7.8201

Season 2 (1959)

8.00 avg 36 episodes 8.0 → 8.1 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 183 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 203 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 182 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 185 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 193 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 176 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 188 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 183 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 165 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 171 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 168 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 209 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 183 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 157 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 200 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 219 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 200 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 203 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 167 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 153 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 170 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 204 votesEp 23: 8.0 · 176 votesEp 24: 7.6 · 161 votesEp 25: 8.3 · 178 votesEp 26: 8.4 · 234 votesEp 27: 7.9 · 164 votesEp 28: 7.7 · 151 votesEp 29: 8.0 · 177 votesEp 30: 7.9 · 154 votesEp 31: 8.3 · 170 votesEp 32: 8.2 · 137 votesEp 33: 7.9 · 143 votesEp 34: 8.0 · 162 votesEp 35: 7.9 · 170 votesEp 36: 8.1 · 160 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Patsy8.0183
2Bloodlines8.0203
3The Blowout8.3182
4Obituary8.3185
5Tension8.0193
6Eddie's Daughter7.7176
7Panic8.2188
8Ordeal8.1183
9The Spiked Rifle8.1165
10Letter of the Law8.2171
11The Legacy7.7168
12The Baby Sitter7.2209
13The Coward8.2183
14Surveyors8.0157
15Day of the Hunter7.4200
16Mail Order Groom7.7219
17A Case of Identity8.3200
18The Visitor8.4203
19Hero7.9167
20The Horse Traders7.7153
21The Spoiler8.0170
22Heller8.3204
23The Grasshopper8.0176
24A Time for Singing7.6161
25The Deserter8.3178
26The Vision8.4234
27The Lariat7.9164
28Smoke Screen7.7151
29Shotgun Man8.0177
30Sins of the Father7.9154
31The Prodigal8.3170
32The Fourflusher8.2137
33The Jailbird7.9143
34Meeting at Midnight8.0162
35Nora7.9170
36The Hangman8.1160

Season 3 (1960)

8.03 avg 34 episodes 8.1 → 8.2 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 172 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 184 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 150 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 165 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 173 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 183 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 154 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 182 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 168 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 167 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 169 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 150 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 171 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 196 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 157 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 177 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 160 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 177 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 202 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 176 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 175 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 181 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 157 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 154 votesEp 25: 7.9 · 151 votesEp 26: 7.2 · 159 votesEp 27: 8.0 · 138 votesEp 28: 8.3 · 170 votesEp 29: 7.9 · 146 votesEp 30: 8.0 · 152 votesEp 31: 8.5 · 220 votesEp 32: 7.8 · 182 votesEp 33: 8.7 · 194 votesEp 34: 8.2 · 172 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Trail of Hate8.1172
2Woman from Hog Ridge8.4184
3Seven7.9150
4The Pitchman7.7165
5Strange Town7.8173
6Baranca8.2183
7The Martinet7.6154
8Miss Milly8.0182
9Dead Cold Cash8.4168
10The Schoolmaster7.7167
11The Promoter8.0169
12The Illustrator7.5150
13The Silent Knife8.1171
14Miss Bertie8.0196
15Six Years and a Day7.8157
16Flowers by the Door8.2177
17Long Trek8.0160
18The Actress7.7177
19Face of Yesterday8.5202
20The Wyoming Story: Part 18.4176
21The Wyoming Story: Part 28.5175
22Closer Than a Brother8.3181
23The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town7.7157
24Dark Day at North Fork8.0154
25The Prisoner7.9151
26Assault7.2159
27Short Rope for a Tall Man8.0138
28The Clarence Bibs Story8.3170
29The Score Is Even7.9146
30The Mescalero Curse8.0152
31Stopover8.5220
32The Lonesome Bride7.8182
33Death Trap8.7194
34The Queue8.2172

Season 4 (1961)

7.97 avg 32 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 186 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 155 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 166 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 151 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 147 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 166 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 165 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 172 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 137 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 182 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 168 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 166 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 140 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 161 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 168 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 161 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 166 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 143 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 186 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 154 votesEp 21: 8.8 · 244 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 165 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 144 votesEp 24: 7.8 · 164 votesEp 25: 7.6 · 161 votesEp 26: 7.6 · 141 votesEp 27: 8.0 · 173 votesEp 28: 8.1 · 138 votesEp 29: 8.0 · 158 votesEp 30: 7.5 · 134 votesEp 31: 7.8 · 143 votesEp 32: 7.5 · 148 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Vaqueros8.3186
2First Wages8.3155
3Sheer Terror8.2166
4The Stand-In7.9151
5The Journey Back8.2147
6The Decision8.2166
7Knight Errant7.6165
8Honest Abe7.9172
9The Long Goodbye8.0137
10The Shattered Idol7.7182
11Long Gun from Tucson8.1168
12The High Country8.1166
13A Friend in Need7.8140
14Skull8.0161
15The Princess7.7168
16Gunfire8.4161
17The Quiet Fear8.4166
18Sporting Chance7.4143
19A Young Man's Fancy8.3186
20The Man from Salinas8.3154
21Two Ounces of Tin8.8244
22Deadly Image7.7165
23The Debt7.9144
24Tinhorn7.8164
25None So Blind7.6161
26Jealous Man7.6141
27Guilty Conscience8.0173
28Day of Reckoning8.1138
29The Day a Town Slept8.0158
30Milly's Brother7.5134
31Outlaw's Shoes7.8143
32The Executioner7.5148

Season 5 (1962)

7.89 avg 26 episodes 8.0 → 8.0 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 190 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 171 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 166 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 157 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 212 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 156 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 163 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 158 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 206 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 142 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 166 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 152 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 144 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 145 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 142 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 214 votesEp 17: 7.4 · 171 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 135 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 144 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 138 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 168 votesEp 22: 7.9 · 148 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 153 votesEp 24: 8.4 · 173 votesEp 25: 6.2 · 199 votesEp 26: 8.0 · 219 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Waste: Part 18.0190
2Waste: Part 28.1171
3Lou Mallory8.0166
4Quiet Night, Deadly Night8.1157
5Death Never Rides Alone8.7212
6I Take This Woman7.5156
7The Assailants8.2163
8Mark's Rifle8.3158
9The Most Amazing Man8.4206
10Squeeze Play8.0142
11Gun Shy7.9166
12The Anvil Chorus7.7152
13Conflict7.3144
14Incident at Line Shack Six8.1145
15Suspicion7.6142
16The Sidewinder8.2214
17The Sixteenth Cousin7.4171
18Hostages to Fortune7.5135
19And the Devil Makes Five7.9144
20End of the Hunt7.9138
21The Bullet8.3168
22Requiem at Mission Springs7.9148
23The Guest7.6153
24Old Man Running8.4173
25Which Way'd They Go?6.2199
26Old Tony8.0219

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