The Rifleman

"The Sharpshooter" - Series Premiere! 1881: Lucas McCain and his young son Mark arrive in remote North Fork, New Mexico, looking to start a new life. Co-starring Dennis Hopper, script by Sam Peckinpah.

"Home Ranch" - Two hired hands of a wealthy cattleman, who has been using the ranch for grazing his cattle, demand that Lucas and Mark move out of their new home. Written by Sam Peckinpah.

"End Of A Young Gun" - Lucas is forced to give refuge to a young bank robber injured while saving Mark's life - the bandit sees a life better than the one he's been leading. With Michael Landon (Bonanza).

The notorious Shelton's ride into the town of North Fork to take revenge on an elderly Marshal who is now crippled and working for Lucas McCain.

"The Brother-In-Law" - Johnny Gibb - Lucas's brother-in-law - comes to visit. While Mark idolizes his rodeo-riding uncle, Lucas discovers that Johnny is on the run from the law.

"Eight Hours To Die" - Judge Burton seeks revenge against those who hanged his boy - including Lucas, the man who arrested his son!

"Duel Of Honor" - When an Italian aristocrat arrives in North Fork, his strange attire attracts the attention of Groder, a town bully. Co-starring Jack Elam.

A new bank opens in North Fork and Banker Hamilton hires a brawny, slow-witted gunman to guard the safe. When some of the gunman's old outlaw friends arrive in town they propose he join them in robbing the bank. Lucas is called upon to prevent the robbery.

When Mark tries to play Cupid between Lucas and a pretty young stranger who arrives in North Fork, the girl's two older brothers accuse him of trifling with her affections and challenge him to fight them both.

"New Orleans Menace" - Tiffauges, a wealthy and sadistic Frenchman who is used to getting whatever he wants, decides he wants the McCain ranch.

"The Apprentice Sheriff" - Dan Willard is filling in as temporary marshal of North Fork - and he's coming down hard on some Texas cowhands. With Robert Vaughn.

"The Angry Gun" - Lucas and Mark share a stagecoach with a peace officer and his prisoner, Johnny Cotton - but the badman escapes with Lucas's rifle, and the chase is on! With Vic Morrow.

"Young Englishman" - Lucas gets in trouble when he accuses the foreman of a neighboring ranch of rustling some of his cattle. Featuring James Coburn.

"The Gaucho" - The foreign ways of a fiery gaucho from Argentina and his family disturb the residents of North Fork.

"The Pet" - A stray horse adopted by the McCains bites young Mark - is the new pet infected with anthrax?

"The Sheridan Story" - Lucas hires ranch hand Frank Blandon, an angry ex-Confederate soldier - but when Union General Sheridan comes to North Fork, Lucas fears trouble.

"The Retired Gun" - A famous gunfighter, who has promised his wife that he would hang up his guns, settles in North Fork - where an outlaw gang tries to lure him back.

"The Photographer" - A traveling photographer is in North Fork making portraits when he's accused of murder - but Lucas has a plan to prove his innocence! With John Carradine.

"Shivaree" - The wedding celebration for two young runaways is disrupted by a drunken crowd - Lucas wades in!

"The Deadeye Kid" - Mark befriends Donnel O'Mahoney, a tough kid from Brooklyn, and hides him when the boy is accused of murder.

"The Indian" - U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart - an full-blood Apache - comes to North Fork in search of Indians suspected of killing a Texas Ranger and his family, But what he discovers turns the town upside down!

"The Boarding House" - Exposure of the past life of a now-respectable woman is threatened when a shady gambler wants to turn her boarding house into a saloon. Directed by Sam Peckinpah.

"The Second Witness" - Lucas is in jeopardy when he agrees to testify in a murder case where the first witness was killed before he could testify - and the killer is still loose!

"The Trade" - Outlaw Sam Morley falls for a young woman with a serious illness, and asks Lucas to help him with a plan to fund her health care - but a cruel bounty hunter is also after the badman.

"One Went To Denver" - Lucas welcomes his old friend Tom Birch, who once saved his life, unaware that the man is now a bank robber on the run with his gang.

"The Deadly Wait" - Dan Nowry, released from Yuma prison, arrives in North Fork intent on getting even the man who sent him to jail: Marshal Torrance. Featuring Lee Van Cleef.

"The Wrong Man" - A corrupt lawman arrives in North Fork claiming the reward for shooting a badman on the run - but his real plan is murderously evil!

"The Challenge" - An escaped convict, eager to prove that jail hasn't dulled his quick-draw skills, holds up the general store in North Fork and takes Marshal Torrance hostage!

"The Hawk" - Young Mark is rescued by a stranger, and invites the man home - unaware that he is on the run from the law!

"Three-Legged Terror" - When a rambunctious teenager wrecks a schoolroom, Lucas asks the boy's reluctant uncle to pay for the damages. Co-starring Dennis Hopper.

"The Angry Man" - The McCains try to be tolerant of their embittered neighbor Abel MacDonald, but the situation turns dire when the man won't let his injured son receive medical help.

"The Woman" - An unfounded rumor causes North Fork's outspoken feminist schoolteacher to be attacked by a mob of angry townspeople.

"The Money Gun" - When his employer begins to suspect him of embezzlement, a bookkeeper hires a professional gunman to solve his problem. Written and directed by Sam Peckinpah.

"A Matter Of Faith" - A drought forces local cowhands to work railroad construction jobs, but rail bosses are afraid they will quit if an old man's claim to be a rainmaker is true.

"Blood Brothers" - Lucas brings a dying man to town and is surprised by Marshal Torrance's odd behavior toward the man. Then three men arrive and demand custody of the stranger.

"Stranger At Night" - Mark finds a murder victim and starts Lucas, his friend Artemus, and Marshal Torrance on a search for the killer.

"The Raid" - When renegade Native Americans wound Lucas and kidnap Mark, Marshal Torrance joins with Apache U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart to form a rescue posse.

"Outlaw's Inheritance" - An infamous train robber dies and leaves his ill-gotten wealth to Lucas - now he must clear his name and reputation with the townspeople of North Fork!

"Boomerang" - Lucas adopts an orphaned boy and teaches him how to use a gun - now the boy is ready to kill the banker he blames for his father's death!

"The Mind Reader" - When a wealthy rancher is killed, a traveling "mind reader" is called upon to help identify the murderer. With John Carradine, Michael Landon. Final episode of Season 1.