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The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 4

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

The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 4

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...

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  1. Background image for The Vaqueros
    8.3/10(170 votes)

    #1 - The Vaqueros

    S4:E1

    A bandit imprisons Lucas and Mark.

    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for First Wages
    8.2/10(135 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. Background image for Sheer Terror
    8.3/10(149 votes)

    #3 - Sheer Terror

    S4:E3

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for The Stand-In
    7.8/10(132 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Journey Back
    8.2/10(120 votes)

    #5 - The Journey Back

    S4:E5

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

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  6. Background image for The Decision
    8.2/10(146 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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  8. Background image for Knight Errant
    7.6/10(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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  9. Background image for Honest Abe
    7.7/10(148 votes)

    #8 - Honest Abe

    S4:E8

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Long Goodbye
    8.0/10(121 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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  11. Background image for The Shattered Idol
    7.7/10(162 votes)

    #10 - The Shattered Idol

    S4:E10

    Mark Twain visits Southfork, and quickly alienates the townspeople.

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Long Gun From Tucson
    8.0/10(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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The High Country
    8.1/10(149 votes)

    #12 - The High Country

    S4:E12

    Lucas becomes the target of a vengeful mountaineer.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for A Friend in Need
    7.6/10(122 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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  15. Background image for Skull
    8.0/10(145 votes)

    #14 - Skull

    S4:E14

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Princess
    7.6/10(148 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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  17. Background image for Gunfire
    8.4/10(148 votes)

    #16 - Gunfire

    S4:E16

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Quiet Fear
    8.3/10(153 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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  19. Background image for Sporting Chance
    7.4/10(128 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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  20. Background image for A Young Man's Fancy
    8.3/10(166 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Man from Salinas
    8.2/10(141 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Two Ounces of Tin
    8.8/10(230 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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  23. Background image for Deadly Image
    7.6/10(148 votes)

    #22 - Deadly Image

    S4:E22

    Lucas has double trouble: his lookalike is tearing up the town.

    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Debt
    7.9/10(133 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Tinhorn
    7.7/10(149 votes)

    #24 - The Tinhorn

    S4:E24

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

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  26. Background image for None So Blind
    7.6/10(148 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 8.3/10 based on 170 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".