The Best Episodes of The Rifleman Season 5

A gunslinger rides into North Fork for a meeting with Lucas.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

Fast-draw artist Wade Randall is less than anxious to display his prowess.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Writer: N/A

Lucas, who blames his wife's death on his father-in-law, refuses to help the old man elude gunmen.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Writer: N/A

An assassination plot unfolds as four gunmen disguised as cavalrymen enter North Fork. Their target: Sen. Jim Borden. Their weapon: a Gatling gun.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Writer: Herman Groves

Sharpshooter Marty Blair tries to persuade Lucas to buy Mark a rifle.

Director: N/A

Writer: Oliver Crawford

A speculator will stop at nothing to grab Lucas's land.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: Ed Adamson

Gridley Mau is gunning for Lucas, who killed his father during an attempted robbery.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: Robert Lewin

Lucas is baffled when the marshal of a neighboring town refuses to hold a gambler who just attempted murder.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

Conclusion. After Alphonso's wife gives birth, the bandits holding Marshal Torrance relax their guard, enabling Lucas and Mark to rescue the old man.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: Robert Culp

Townspeople brace for the worst when a new girl arrives—with symptoms of smallpox.

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Writer: N/A

A railroad gang boss frames an Apache.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

A snake crawls into Lucas's bed, and Mark must lure it away before it strikes.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

Red-headed Lou Mallory arrives in North Fork and soon arouses the townpeople's suspicions.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Mark and his girlfriend Laurie discover that an old hermit is very lonely.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

Marshal Torrance is heading home from a cattle sale with Lucas and Mark when the old lawman mysteriously disappears. They trace him to a nearby Mexican ghost town. (Part 1 of 2)

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: Robert Culp

Lucas is thrown into jail to stop him from murdering an old enemy.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Writer: N/A

Lucas begins a trek to find a cure for Mark, who is paralyzed after a bad fall.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Writer: N/A

Mark blames himself for a friend's accidental death.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Writer: Cyril Hume

A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

A blacksmith-turned-deputy sets the stage for trouble when he demands that all townspeople turn in their weapons.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Writer: N/A

Lou looks for a way out when the man her dying father promised her to arrives.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: N/A

A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Writer: N/A

New arrival Mario Arsatti becomes very friendly with Lucas, but this turns out to be merely pleasure before business: he's been hired to kill Lucas.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: Ed Adamson

Lucas's self-confidence begins to slip away when he misses an easy shot.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel

Writer: Ed Adamson