The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 3

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

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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

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

Director: Budd Boetticher

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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 Claxton

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

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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

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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

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

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

Director: David Friedkin

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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

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

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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

Director: Don Medford

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

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Writer: Tom Gries

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

Director: William Claxton

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

Director: Jesse Hibbs

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

Director: James Clavell

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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

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

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

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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Lucas and Mark attempt to reform a con-man.

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

Director: Lamont Johnson

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

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

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

Director: Otto Lang

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

Director: Ted Post

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