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The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 4

Every episode of The Rifleman Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 4!

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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 4 Episode 1 - The Vaqueros
    8.4/10(172 votes)

    #1 - The Vaqueros

    S4:E1

    A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 2 - First Wages
    8.3/10(137 votes)

    #2 - First Wages

    S4:E2

    Lucas tries to find out why Mark has taken a job as a stableboy.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Ed Adamson

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  3. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 3 - Sheer Terror
    8.3/10(153 votes)

    #3 - Sheer Terror

    S4:E3

    Mark and Milly are held prisoner in her general store when two gunmen attempt a daring robbery.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 4 - The Stand-In
    7.9/10(136 votes)

    #4 - The Stand-In

    S4:E4

    Lucas is taken hostage by two prison wagon drivers angered that he won't give them more whiskey.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 5 - The Journey Back
    8.2/10(126 votes)

    #5 - The Journey Back

    S4:E5

    Mark goes to work for Will Temple, a badly scarred and very mysterious rancher.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  6. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 6 - The Decision
    8.3/10(152 votes)

    #6 - The Decision

    S4:E6

    Corey Hazlett insists he's innocent of murder, despite Lucas's eyewitness testimony.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Ed Adamson

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  7. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 7 - Knight Errant
    7.7/10(146 votes)

    #7 - Knight Errant

    S4:E7

    Lucas tries to dissuade a latter-day knight from rushing into battle.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Ed Adamson

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  8. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 8 - Honest Abe
    7.8/10(153 votes)

    #8 - Honest Abe

    S4:E8

    Able Lincoln's claim that he's the Great Emancipator himself amuses everyone except Matt Yorty.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 9 - The Long Goodbye
    8.0/10(125 votes)

    #9 - The Long Goodbye

    S4:E9

    Stubborn Grandpa Fogarty is Lucas's main roadblock as he tries to get young Woody Fogarty to attend school.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 10 - The Shattered Idol
    7.7/10(165 votes)

    #10 - The Shattered Idol

    S4:E10

    Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 11 - Long Gun From Tucson
    8.1/10(153 votes)

    #11 - Long Gun From Tucson

    S4:E11

    Lucas tries to stop embittered John Holliver from venting his wrath on the people who expelled him from town years before.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 12 - The High Country
    8.1/10(152 votes)

    #12 - The High Country

    S4:E12

    Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 13 - A Friend in Need
    7.7/10(125 votes)

    #13 - A Friend in Need

    S4:E13

    Mark finds himself the unwilling companion of gunman Carl Avery.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 14 - Skull
    8.0/10(149 votes)

    #14 - Skull

    S4:E14

    Lucas seeks an escape when he's captured by outlaws while seeking help for an injured Mark.

    Director:William F. Claxton
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 15 - The Princess
    7.7/10(151 votes)

    #15 - The Princess

    S4:E15

    The Queen-to-be of France hides out in Northfork.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 16 - Gunfire
    8.4/10(151 votes)

    #16 - Gunfire

    S4:E16

    When an expected lawman doesn't arrive from Denver, several gunfighters arrive in North Fork and cause trouble.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 17 - The Quiet Fear
    8.4/10(154 votes)

    #17 - The Quiet Fear

    S4:E17

    Lucas's old Army pal settles in North Fork with his deaf daughter.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 18 - Sporting Chance
    7.4/10(130 votes)

    #18 - Sporting Chance

    S4:E18

    An Englishman arrives with a custom-made rifle—and a plan to kill Lucas.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 19 - A Young Man's Fancy
    8.3/10(168 votes)

    #19 - A Young Man's Fancy

    S4:E19

    The pangs of first love are painful for Mark: the object of his affections has eyes for another.

    Director:Joseph H. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 20 - The Man from Salinas
    8.3/10(143 votes)

    #20 - The Man from Salinas

    S4:E20

    Banker Hamilton is closing up for the day when Rudy Gray persuades him to stay open for one more transaction - a withdrawal at gunpoint.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 21 - Two Ounces of Tin
    8.8/10(232 votes)

    #21 - Two Ounces of Tin

    S4:E21

    Sammy Davis Jr. stars as Tip Corey, son of a man allegedly murdered in North Fork.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 22 - Deadly Image
    7.7/10(150 votes)

    #22 - Deadly Image

    S4:E22

    A reliable eye-witness rides into North Fork and accuses Lucas McCain of cattle rustling and cold-blooded murder.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 23 - The Debt
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    #23 - The Debt

    S4:E23

    Mark learns that the prisoner Micah is escorting to the gallows is the man that saved his life three years previously.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 24 - The Tinhorn
    7.7/10(154 votes)

    #24 - The Tinhorn

    S4:E24

    Mark is shocked when he discovers that his father is a poker player.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Paul Mazursky

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  25. The Rifleman Season 4 Episode 25 - None So Blind
    7.7/10(151 votes)

    #25 - None So Blind

    S4:E25

    Mark befriends singer-banjoist Lafayette Bly, a blind man with an acute sense of hearing—and a very strong grip.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Cyril Hume

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Vaqueros" is the best rated episode of "The Rifleman" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 172 votes. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/2/1961. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "First Wages".