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The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 3

Every episode of The Rifleman Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 3!

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The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 1 - Trail of Hate
    8.1/10(160 votes)

    #1 - Trail of Hate

    S3:E1

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

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 2 - Woman From Hog Ridge
    8.4/10(172 votes)

    #2 - Woman From Hog Ridge

    S3:E2

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

    Director:William F. Claxton
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 3 - Seven
    7.9/10(140 votes)

    #3 - Seven

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 4 - The Pitchman
    7.7/10(154 votes)

    #4 - The Pitchman

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 5 - Strange Town
    7.8/10(160 votes)

    #5 - Strange Town

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 6 - Baranca
    8.2/10(174 votes)

    #6 - Baranca

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 7 - The Martinet
    7.6/10(146 votes)

    #7 - The Martinet

    S3:E7

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

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 8 - Miss Milly
    8.0/10(171 votes)

    #8 - Miss Milly

    S3:E8

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

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 9 - Dead Cold Cash
    8.4/10(152 votes)

    #9 - Dead Cold Cash

    S3:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 10 - The Schoolmaster
    7.8/10(153 votes)

    #10 - The Schoolmaster

    S3:E10

    Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 11 - The Promoter
    7.9/10(156 votes)

    #11 - The Promoter

    S3:E11

    A con man and his fast-gun friend come to North Fork. Lucas enters a target shooting contest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 12 - The Illustrator
    7.5/10(134 votes)

    #12 - The Illustrator

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 13 - The Silent Knife
    8.1/10(158 votes)

    #13 - The Silent Knife

    S3:E13

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 14 - Miss Bertie
    8.0/10(182 votes)

    #14 - Miss Bertie

    S3:E14

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

    Director:James Clavell
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 15 - Six Years and a Day
    7.8/10(144 votes)

    #15 - Six Years and a Day

    S3:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 16 - Flowers by the Door
    8.2/10(166 votes)

    #16 - Flowers by the Door

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 17 - Long Trek
    7.9/10(144 votes)

    #17 - Long Trek

    S3:E17

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

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 18 - The Actress
    7.8/10(165 votes)

    #18 - The Actress

    S3:E18

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

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Lawrence Dobkin

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  19. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 19 - Face of Yesterday
    8.5/10(190 votes)

    #19 - Face of Yesterday

    S3:E19

    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.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 20 - The Wyoming Story (1)
    8.4/10(165 votes)

    #20 - The Wyoming Story (1)

    S3:E20

    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)

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 21 - The Wyoming Story (2)
    8.5/10(163 votes)

    #21 - The Wyoming Story (2)

    S3:E21

    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)

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 22 - Closer than a Brother
    8.4/10(169 votes)

    #22 - Closer than a Brother

    S3:E22

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

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Cyril Hume

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  23. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 23 - The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
    7.7/10(145 votes)

    #23 - The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town

    S3:E23

    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.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 24 - Dark Day at North Fork
    8.0/10(142 votes)

    #24 - Dark Day at North Fork

    S3:E24

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Rifleman Season 3 Episode 25 - The Prisoner
    7.9/10(139 votes)

    #25 - The Prisoner

    S3:E25

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

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Trail of Hate" is the best rated episode of "The Rifleman" season 3. It scored 8.1/10 based on 160 votes. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/27/1960. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Woman From Hog Ridge".