The Rifleman – The Third Season
77. Trail of Hate…..Lucas is out for revenge when Mark is used as a pawn in a bank robbery scheme. Marc Lawrence - Harold J. Stone - Jack Kruschen - Harlan Warde - Harvey Johnson (9/27/60) Writer: Calvin J. Clements ~ Director: Arnold Laven78. Woman from Hog Ridge…..When Lucas shoots a horse thief, the thieves' wife declares a feud. Jim Hurst - Lane Bradford - Robert F. Hoy - Dee J. Thompson - Jan Stine - Charles Tannen - Bill Quinn (10/4/60) Writer: Calvin J. Clements ~ Director: William F. Claxton
79. Seven…..Seven prisoners break free from the gallows and take the people of North Fork hostage. Bing Russell - Don Megowan - Hal Jon Norman - Paul Sorenson - Bill Quinn - Hope Summers - Helen Beverly - Robert Bice (10/11/60) Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Ted Post
80. The Pitchman…..A fast talking con-man and his teenage son try to deal Lucas out of the mineral rights to his ranch. Bob Sweeney - Danny Richards Jr. - John Milford - Paul Wexler (10/18/60) Writer: Jay Simms ~ Director: John Rich
81. Strange Town…..Lucas goes on the trail for a bandit who is notorious for shooting people in the back. Claude Akins - Peter Whitney - William Schallert - Milton Parsons - Joe Higgins (10/25/60) Writer: Jack Curtis ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
82. Baranca…..A Mexican bandit comes to North Fork for reason of revenge but Lucas must convince him that, no matter what, the law will win. John Milford - Larry Perron - Jack Kruschen - Cesare Danova - Linda Dangcil - Henry Amargo - Alberto Monte - Bill Quinn (11/1/60) Writers: Mike & Peter Mamakos ~ Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
83. The Martinet.....Lucas helps a young minister to teach his militaristic father a lesson in humility and forgiveness. Don Dubbins - Richard Alexander - John Hoyt (11/8/60) Writer: Philip Saltzman ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
84. Miss Milly.....A new store owner upsets the town when she demands they pay off all their accounts before she sells them anymore goods. Warren Oates - Richard Devon - Michael Fox - Joan Taylor - Bert Freed - Charles Tannen(11/15/60) Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
85. Dead Cold Cash.....The widow of a bandit whom Lucas previously killed has plotted grotesque revenge against him. Ed Nelson - Chris Alcaide - Steven Darrell - Sara Taft - Joan Taylor - Harlan Warde (11/22/60) Writers: Arthur Browne Jr. & Irving Elman ~ Director: Dick Moder
86. The Schoolmaster.....Mark and a friend become trapped in an old mine. Arnold Moss - Jimmy Fields - Pamela Cole - Chuck's boys, Mike, Jeff, Steve & Kevin (11/29/60) Writer: Margaret Armen ~ Director: Arthur Hiller
87. The Promoter.....Lucas and Mark must convince a man that he is doing the wrong things by scamming people with a cunning con-man. Denny Miller - Dabbs Greer - Ollie O’Toole - Robert F. Hoy - Jack Lester (12/6/60) Writer: Philip Saltzman ~ Director: Dick Moder
88. The Illustrator.....When a drunken artist gets charged with murder, Lucas uses the man’s creative abilities to sketch the true criminal. Richard Whorf - Midge Ware - Dayton Lummis - Ed Nelson - Joe Perry - Bill Quinn - Ian Murray (12/13/60) Writer: Robert Mark ~ Director: Don Medford
89. Silent Knife.....Lucas and Mark must convince a young mute to give back the money he stole when he was called a freak by the townspeople. Brad Weston - Richard Devon - Robert B. Williams - Amanda Ames - James Chandler (12/20/60) Writer: Douglas Stevens & John Wilder ~ Director: Don Medford
90. Miss Bertie.....A lively old lady arrives in North Fork to capture a notorious bandit and collect the reward which she desperately needs. Agnes Moorehead - Richard Anderson - Joan Taylor - Bill Quinn - Glenn Strange - Mel Allen - Leonard Stone (12/27/60) Writer: Margaret Armen ~ Director: James Clavell
91. Six Years and a Day.....Lucas must dissuade a doctor from seeking revenge on the man he believes destroyed his practice. John Larch - James Gavin - Regina Gleason - Hal K. Dawson - Ron Hayes (1/3/61) Writer: Peter Arends ~ Director: Paul Wendkos
92. Flowers by the Door.....A book-salesman is unmasked by Lucas as a killer, when his plot of offering free flower seeds to his potential victims backfires. Richard Anderson - Patricia Breslin - Jean Allison (1/10/61) Writer: Harry Kronman ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
93. Long Trek…..Lucas and Marshal Torrance are beset with difficulties while transporting a captured killer back to North Fork for trial. Lonny Chapman (1/17/61) Writer: Calvin J. Clements ~ Director: Lamont Johnson
94. The Actress♫…..On his deathbed, a friend of Lucas asks him to go to a neighboring town to bring back his wife so he can say goodbye one last time. Diana Millay - Morris Ankrum - Herb Armstrong - Charles Tannen - Kathleen Mulqueen - Joe E. Benson (1/24/61) Writers: Lawrence Dobkin & Chuck Connors ~ Director Joseph H. Lewis
95. Face of Yesterday…..Lucas thinks that he has seen a ghost when a young man, eerily to a man he killed in the Civil War challenges him to a gunfight. Ben Cooper - John Anderson - K.T. Stevens (1/31/61) Writer: Palmer Thompson ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
96. The Wyoming Story - part 1…..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 endangered by the town drunk who stumbles onto his true identity and purpose. Dabbs Greer - Kent Taylor - Russell Thorson - Enid Janes/Jaynes - Chris Alcaide - Joan Taylor - Joe Higgins (2/7/61) Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
97. The Wyoming Story - part 2…..Dabbs Greer - Kent Taylor - Russell Thorson - Enid Janes/Jaynes - Chris Alcaide - Joan Taylor - Joe Higgins (2/14/61) Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
98. Closer than a Brother…..An old enemy from the past terrorizes Marshal Torrance to the point that he resigns his job and begins drinking heavily, and must come face to face with the man to gain back his self respect. Berry Kroeger - Kelly Thordsen - Rex Ingram - Jack Wells - Bill Quinn (2/21/61) Writer: Cyril Hume ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
99. The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town…..When Lucas, Mark and Micah visit Micah’s old home, they learn the secret of the town’s 20 year old mystery of a lost gold mine. William Fawcett - Robert Foulk - Mickey Finn (2/28/61) Writer: Calvin J. Clements ~ Director: Don Taylor
100. Dark Day at North Fork…..When Lucas is temporarily blinded while working, he must defend himself against an enemy he can’t see. John Milford - Joan Taylor - Ralph Moody (3/7/61) Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Paul Landres
101. The Prisoner…..a deranged ex-prisoner takes Lucas hostage in a locked wooden box and promises to make him suffer for his role in the civil war. John Dehner - Adam Williams - Joan Taylor - Bill Quinn (3/14/61) Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
102. The Assault…..A traveling salesman needs the help of Lucas when he is wrongly accused of forcing himself on a woman. Linda Lawson - Bob Sweeney - Danny Richards Jr. - King Calder - Paul Mantee - Bill Quinn (3/21/61) Writer: Jay Simms ~ Director: Ida Lupino
103. Short Rope for a Tall Man…..Lucas is threatened with hanging by a lynch party when some horses he has purchased in another town turn out to be stolen. Bert Freed - Hal Baylor - William Schallert - Joe Higgins - Charlie Biggs - Norman Leavitt (3/28/61) Writer: Tom Gries ~ Director: Paul Landres
104. The Clarence Bibs Story…..A slow witted handy man gets himself into trouble when he accidentally kills a skilled gunfighter. Buddy Hackett - Lee Van Cleef - John Milford - Denver Pyle - Joan Taylor - X Brands (4/4/61) Writer: Calvin J. Clements ~ Director: David Friedkin
105. The Score is Even…..Lucas and Mark stumble across a robbery in progress while out on a hunting trip. Although they are too late to save the victim, they still must subdue the robbers. Adam Williams - Kelly Thordsen - Joe E. Benson (4/11/61) Writer: Fanya Lawrence ~ Director: William F. Claxton
106. The Mescalero Curse…..Unable to accept the thought of an Indian curse, Lucas changes his mind once he begins seeing strange events that the curse predicted. Michael Pate - Charles Watts - Larry Chance - Jack Searl - Joe Brown - Ralph Moody (4/18/61) Writer: Margaret Armen ~ Director: Jesse Hibbs
107. Stopover…..Trouble occurs at that ranch when Lucas allows snowed in stagecoach passengers to stay with him until the roads are passable. Bethel Leslie - Adam West - Gordon Jones - Joe Higgins (4/25/61) Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Budd Boetticher
108. Lonesome Bride…..Lucas almost finds himself at the alter when two drunken Cowboys play a joke on him. Joan Shawlee - Kay E. Kuter - Lincoln Demyan - Joan Taylor - Bill Quinn (5/2/61) Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Otto Lang
109. Death Trap…..A doctor needs the help of Lucas when he must decide on savings a man’s life, or lose his own. James Drury - Philip Carey - Gigi Perreau - Jack Pickard - Larry Perron - Steven Pendleton - Hank Stohl - Bill Kendis (5/9/61) Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Arnold Laven
110. The Queue…..Lucas helps a Chinese man settle into town after townspeople try to force him out because of his race. Victor Sen Yung - Peter Whitney - Paul Wexler - Dick Kay Hong - Joan Taylor - Pat Close (5/16/61) Writers: Arthur Browne Jr., Beverly Fix & Frank Ebey ~ Director: James Clavell
*Taken from the book - Chuck Connors....."Man behind the
Rifle" ~ "The Rifleman" was a smash success in its first season of the1958-59, grabbing the number four spot in the Nielsen ratings, and Connors was chosen "Most Promising Male Star" by Quigley Publications prestigious Television Champion Awards. Perhaps the crowning glory for the initial season was when "The Rifleman" was nominated for an Emmy as Best western Series for the 1958-59 season. Although fellow ABC western Maverick won the award, the Emmy nomination itself was a tremendous honor for Chuck and the cast and crew of the show.
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