The Rifleman – The Third Season
77. Trail of Hate…..Lucas goes on a hunt for bank robbers after Mark is badly hurt while being held hostage. 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…..The town is invaded by a family from the High Country seeking revenge on the man who killed the woman’s son. Jim Hurst - Lane Bradford - Robert F. Hoy - Dee J. Thompson - Jan Stine - Charles Tannen - Bill Quinn - Ian Murray (10/4/60)
Writer: Calvin J. Clements ~ Director: William F. Claxton79. Seven…..While being transported from Yuma Prison, seven desperate men on their way to the gallows escape the prison wagon in North Fork, and one is seeking revenge on Lucas McCain after Lucas hits him for grabbing Mark. 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…..After Micah is severely beaten by a prisoner, 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. Lewis82. 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. Lewis83. The Martinet.....A militaristic father is out to punish the man who killed his son. Lucas must teach the man the difference between discipline and cruelty, and what better way than through his own son’s misbehavior? 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 bank robber whom Lucas previously killed has plotted grotesque revenge against him from her death bed. 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.....A new school teacher has arrived in North Fork and Lucas expects Mark to respect him, but Mark and Mr. Griswald don’t get along. Arnold Moss - Jimmy Fields - Pamela Cole - Chuck's boys (11/29/60)
Writer: Margaret Armen ~ Director: Arthur Hiller87. The Promoter.....A con man arrives in town looking to win some easy money. What better way than using his gun-fighting sidekick to kill Lucas so he can collect the bets. 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.....Mark befriends a young mute, and Lucas tries to help him understand the realities of life. Brad Weston - Richard Devon - Robert B. Williams - Amanda Ames - James Chandler - Bill Quinn(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 criminal 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.....When a doctor and his hired gun invade the McCain ranch where they are keeping a sick pregnant woman and her husband, Lucas must dissuade them from seeking revenge on Dr. Burrage, whom he believes destroyed his practice. John Larch - James Gavin - Regina Gleason - Hal K. Dawson - Ron Hayes - Ralph Moody (1/3/61) Writer: Peter Arends ~ Director: Paul Wendkos
92. Flowers by the Door.....A book salesman visits Mark at the McCain Ranch and leaves a clue that he may be the woman killer on the loose. It’s a race against time for Lucas to save his next victim while also saving his son. Richard Anderson - Patricia Breslin - Jean Allison (1/10/61) Writer: Harry Kronman ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
93. Long Trek…..While transporting a killer across “Dead Man’s Crossing,” Lucas, Micah, and the prisoner find themselves without horses and water after the prisoner chases off the horses. 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, but she isn’t what Lucas expected. Diana Millay - Morris Ankrum - Herb Armstrong - Charles Tannen - Kathleen Mulqueen - Joe E. Benson - Ralph Moody (1/24/61) Writers: Lawrence Dobkin & Chuck Connors ~ Director Joseph H. Lewis
95. Face of Yesterday…..Lucas is faced with yet another inward battle when he comes face-to-face with a young man whose father was the first man he killed during the Civil War. Ben Cooper - John Anderson - K.T. Stevens - Joan Taylor - Bill Quinn(1/31/61) Writer: Palmer Thompson ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis
96. The Wyoming Story - part 1…..When a cattle disease wipes out most of the cattle in North Fork, Lucas must leave to work a job that would get him started again, but he must leave Mark behind. Dabbs Greer - Kent Taylor - Russell Thorson - Enid Janes/Jaynes - Chris Alcaide - Joan Taylor (2/7/61)
Writer: Arthur Browne Jr. ~ Director: Joseph H. Lewis97. The Wyoming Story - part 2…..While Mark struggles with the fact that his father is gone and doesn’t know when he’ll return, Lucas struggles with the case that will bring him home. But an unexpected turn of events could make his return impossible. 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. Lewis99. The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town…..When Lucas, Mark and Micah visit Micah’s old home, now a ghost town, 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…..Lucas is blinded by a gun power blast and must wait a week to see if the blindness is permanent. Meanwhile, an old enemy learns of Lucas’s demise and returns to kill him. John Milford - Joan Taylor - Ralph Moody - Joe Higgins (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. Lewis102. 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 Lupino103. 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
Who played Joe Lovering's wife in 'Short Rope for a Tallman'?
Was it Amanda Ames or was it Eileen Harley?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 - Joe E. Benson (4/4/61)
Writer: Calvin J. Clements ~ Director: David Friedkin105. 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…..After Lucas receives a curse while attending the hanging of a murdering Indian, Mark frets the curses are real, but Lucas goes on a hunt to find out who…or what…is behind the so-called curse. 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 Boetticher108. Lonesome Bride…..Lucas almost finds himself at the altar 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…..An ex-gunfighter from Lucas’s past, now a doctor, comes to Lucas’s aid when a dying man is brought into doc’s office; but Lucas and the new doctor have unresolved anger toward each other. 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
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*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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