The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 2

A sharecropper enters his colt in a horse race, hoping to win enough money to buy his farm from the owner, who has bet on Mark McCain's entry.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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Lucas is drawn to a young widow passing through town on her way to claim an inheritance, but others who covet it are trying to kill her.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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Newly arrived gunslinger Al Walker throws a mammoth party at the saloon, keeping acting Marshal Ben Waller busy until Lucas is forced to intervene.

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Newspaperman Byron Claremont specializes in profiles of famous gunmen. One of his stories was responsible for an old-time marshal's death; and his next subject is Lucas.

Director: Don Medford

Writer: N/A

Lucas makes a life-or-death decision when Micah is held hostage and the kidnappers demand the release of a notorious outlaw.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: George W. George

Lucas becomes involved in a battle between an aspiring writer and a cocky, bragging trail boss.

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Writer: Clair Huffaker

After foiling a girl's attempt to rob the general store, Lucas finds that she and her brother are plotting the murder of their abusive stepfather.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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Lucas and Marshal Torrance get into trouble with the Army when they try to help a wounded young soldier who deserted.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

After Mark contracts typhoid fever and has a vision of his dead mother, he no longer seems interested in getting well.

Director: Don Medford

Writer: Cyril Hume

To keep his invalid mother happy, an outlaw forces Lucas and Mark to go along with a masquerade that he is the owner of Lucas's ranch.

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Town character Brett Conway blackmails Lucas with the knowledge that a young couple Lucas rescued are suffering from yellow fever.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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Mark finds himself in grave danger when two unscrupulous detectives searching for a man's long-lost son claim that it is Mark.

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Writer: Luci Ward

A group of outlaws devise a plan to get rid of Lucas so that they can take over the town of North Fork.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

When their wagon breaks down, Mark and an injured Lucas are stranded in the desert.

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Mark is kidnapped as he and his father try to protect Banker Hamilton's gold.

Director: John English

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A condemned killer being transported by train murders a marshal and takes Mark hostage.

Director: Lewis Allen

Writer: N/A

When Lucas hires an ex-con as a ranch hand, the man is the first one under suspicion when a robbery and murder occur in the area.

Director: Don Taylor

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After Lucas kills a mountain man in a barrom brawl, his father arrives in North Fork determined to take revenge on Lucas and Marshal Torrance, once he breaks his other two boys out of jail.

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writer: N/A

Mark runs away from home after his father questions his story about overhearing a plot to rob the bank.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: Dale Eunson

An elderly couple moves to North Fork under an assumed name to hide the fact that they are the parents of a vicious killer. The plan backfires when the son shows up at their home.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

Shotgun man John Beaumont, who Lucas sent to prison, returns with vengeance on his mind.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

Lucas helps his former Army captain, now an undercover federal agent, infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.

Director: Don Medford

Writer: N/A

An ex-convict is blamed for a brutal crime despite his claims of rehabilitation.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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Gavin and Ezra Martin think that Lucas killed their son Clemmie while taking part in a train robbery, and Lucas refuses to tell them what really happened.

Director: Ted Post

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After a young stablehand kills a notorious gunslinger, he is baffled by the hostility of the townspeople about giving him the reward.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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