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S3 E27 Short Rope for a Tall Man

Western

TV-PG

25m

Mar 27, 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.

Season 3, 34 Episodes

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Dead Cold Cash,

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

The Schoolmaster,

Mark and his friend become trapped in an old mine.

Lucas and Mark attempt to reform a con-man.

The Illustrator,

Lucas encourages a drunken artist charged with murder to use his talents to identify the true killer.

The Silent Knife,

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

A lively old lady arrives in town hot on the trail of a notorious bandit and the reward money for capturing him.

Six Years and a Day,

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

Flowers by the Door,

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

Lucas and Marshall Torrance run into trouble while transporting a captured killer back to face trial.

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

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 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 Wyoming Story: Part 2,

While Lucas is in Wyoming on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians, Mark stays with Miss Milly, where he suffers from loneliness and doubt with his father gone for 2 months.

Closer Than a Brother,

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

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.

Dark Day at North Fork,

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

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.

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

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 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 Score Is Even,

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

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.

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 Lonesome Bride,

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

Lucas recognizes Dr. Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once fought. He helps with a dying man, but Lucas and the doctor have unresolved anger.

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

Details

The Rifleman

Western

TV-PG

5 Seasons

26m

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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