The Rifleman
The Rifleman: Season 3

Air Date

September 27, 1960

Episodes

34 episodes

The Rifleman

Season 3

Episodes

1. Trail of Hate

September 27, 1960
30 min

Lucas is out for vengeance when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme.

2. Woman From Hog Ridge

October 4, 1960
30 min

Lucas shoots a horse thief who turns out to be a member of the Boyle clan, and now Ma Boyle is after him.

3. Seven

October 11, 1960
30 min

Seven condemned murderers escape and take over the town of North Fork.

4. The Pitchman

September 18, 1960
30 min

When Mark finds gold on their property, a fast-talking salesman who tried to sell Lucas a new lightning rod offers instead to buy the ranch's mineral rights.

5. Strange Town

October 25, 1960
30 min

Lucas tracks an escaped prisoner to a town that turns out to be run by the gunman's brother, notorious for shooting people in the back.

6. Baranca

November 1, 1960
30 min

When an outlaw leader lures Marshal Torrance out of town, Lucas is the only one who can stop him from lynching a local man who killed one of the members of his gang.

7. The Martinet

November 8, 1960
30 min

A former army captain comes to North Fork to kill the man who shot down his son in a gunfight - Lucas McCain.

8. Miss Milly

November 15, 1960
30 min

A new store owner upsets the town by demanding that all credit accounts be paid off.

9. Dead Cold Cash

November 22, 1960
30 min

The widow of a bandit killed by Lucas plots a grotesque revenge.

10. The Schoolmaster

November 29, 1960
30 min

Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.

11. The Promoter

December 6, 1960
30 min

Lucas and Mark attempt to reform a con-man.

12. The Illustrator

December 13, 1960
30 min

Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.

13. The Silent Knife

December 20, 1960
30 min

Lucas and Mark try to persuade a persecuted young mute to return stolen money.

14. Miss Bertie

December 27, 1960
30 min

A lively old lady arrives in town hot on the trail of a notorious bandit—and the reward money for capturing him.

15. Six Years and a Day

January 30, 1961
30 min

A doctor seeks revenge on the man he blames for ruining his practice.

16. Flowers by the Door

January 10, 1961
30 min

Lucas unmasks a killer posing as a door-to-door seed salesman.

17. Long Trek

January 17, 1961
30 min

Lucas and Marshal Torrance run in trouble transporting a captured killer back to face trial.

18. The Actress

January 24, 1961
30 min

A deathbed request from an old friend sends Lucas to a neighboring town in search of the man's long-lost sweetheart.

19. Face of Yesterday

January 31, 1961
30 min

Lucas thinks he has seen a ghost when a young man, eerily similar to a man he killed in the Civil War, challenges him to a gunfight.

20. The Wyoming Story (1)

February 7, 1961
30 min

Lucas agrees to take a job as a federal undercover agent and goes to Wyoming to investigate rumors of sales of arms to renegade indians. His life is endagered by the town drunk who stumbles onto his true identity and purpose. (Part 1 of 2)

21. The Wyoming Story (2)

February 14, 1961
30 min

Mark heads for Wyoming to search for Lucas, who's on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians. (Part 2 of 2)

22. Closer than a Brother

February 21, 1961
30 min

Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.

23. The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town

February 28, 1961
30 min

In a ghost town, Lucas, Mark and Micah tangle with the Newman family and learn the secret of the town's 20-year-old mystery of a lost gold mine.

24. Dark Day at North Fork

March 7, 1961
30 min

Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.

25. The Prisoner

March 14, 1961
30 min

Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.

26. Assault

March 21, 1961
30 min

A salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.

27. Short Rope for a Tall Man

March 28, 1961
30 min

Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.

28. The Clarence Bibs Story

April 4, 1961
30 min

A janitor-turned-gunfighter whose reputation hangs on one lucky shot—and a lot of gall.

29. The Score is Even

April 11, 1961
30 min

Lucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.

30. The Mescalaro Curse

April 18, 1961
30 min

Lucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.

31. Stopover

April 25, 1961
30 min

Trouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.

32. The Lonesome Bride

May 2, 1961
30 min

Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.

33. Death Trap

May 9, 1961
30 min

Lucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.

34. The Queue

May 16, 1961
30 min

A Chinese man and his son fight prejudice as they try to open a laundry in North Fork.