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S3 E27 Short Rope for a Tall Man

Western

9+

25 minutes

27 Mar 1961

Lucas is threatened with hanging by a lynch party when some horses he has purchased in a neighboring town turn out to be stolen.Featuring: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix

Season 3, 24 Episodes

The Rifleman - Trail of Hate

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

The Rifleman - Woman from Hog Ridge

Woman from Hog Ridge,

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

The Rifleman - Seven

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

The Rifleman - The Pitchman

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.

The Rifleman - Strange Town

Lucas tracks an escaped prisoner to a town that turns out to be run by the gunman's brother who is notorious for shooting people in the back.

The Rifleman - Baranca

When an outlaw leader lures Marshall Torrance out of town, Only Lucas can stop him from lynching a local man who killed one of the members of his gang.

The Rifleman - The Martinet

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

The Rifleman - The Schoolmaster

The Schoolmaster,

Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.

The Rifleman - The Silent Knife

The Silent Knife,

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

The Rifleman - Six Years and a Day

Six Years and a Day,

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

The Rifleman - Flowers by the Door

Flowers by the Door,

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

The Rifleman - The Actress

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

The Rifleman - Face of Yesterday

Face of Yesterday,

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.

The Rifleman - The Wyoming Story: Part 1

The Wyoming Story: Part 1,

Lucas agrees to take a job as an undercover agent and goes to investigate rumors of the sales of arms to renegade Indians. His life is endangered by the town drunk who stumbles onto his true identity.

The Rifleman - Closer Than a Brother

Closer Than a Brother,

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

The Rifleman - The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town

The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town,

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.

The Rifleman - The Prisoner

A deranged ex-prisoner of war, cruelly abused in a Northern army prison, captures Lucas, locks him in a cage and vows to make him suffer for his part in the Civil War.

The Rifleman - Assault

A traveling salesman can't talk his way out of an assault charge.

The Rifleman - Short Rope for a Tall Man

Short Rope for a Tall Man,

Lucas is threatened with hanging by a lynch party when some horses he has purchased in a neighboring town turn out to be stolen.

The Rifleman - The Clarence Bibs Story

The Clarence Bibs Story,

A janitor-turned-gunfighter's reputation hangs on one lucky shot and a lot of gall. The handyman finds himself in trouble when he accidentally kills another gunfighter.

The Rifleman - The Score Is Even

The Score Is Even,

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

The Rifleman - The Mescalaro Curse

The Mescalaro Curse,

After being foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache, Lucas is marked for death. Now, he must discover who is behind the curse.

The Rifleman - Stopover

Lucas allows some snowed-in stagecoach passengers to stay with him until the roads are passable. Trouble brews when the whiskey salesman and gunfighter fall for the same woman.

The Rifleman - The Queue

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

Details

The Rifleman

Western

9+

5 Seasons

25 minutes

This classic hit-series is about the adventures of a dedicated rancher trying to raise his son in the untamed West. Starring Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford.

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