Episode
The Rifleman: Short Rope for a Tall Man
Overview
Lucas, accused of horse theft, struggles to clear himself before a lynch mob catches up.
Details
- Series
- The Rifleman
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 27
- Air date
- 1961-03-28
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Short Rope for a Tall Man is Episode 27 in Season 3 of The Rifleman. It aired on 1961-03-28. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 25: The Prisoner
Two ex-Confederate officers seek revenge on Lucas, who served as prison guard during their internment.
Episode 29: The Score is Even
Lucas tries to get help when he is shot after witnessing a murder.
Episode 24: Dark Day at North Fork
Blinded in an explosion, Lucas fights despair as he prepares for a meeting with a gun-toting enemy.
Episode 30: The Mescalaro Curse
Lucas is marked for death: he was foreman of a jury that convicted an Apache.
Episode 23: 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.
Episode 31: Stopover
Trouble brews at Lucas's when a whisky salesman and a gunfighter fall for the same woman.
Episode 22: Closer than a Brother
Lucas looks for answers when recovering alcoholic Micah Torrence returns to the bottle—and turns in his badge.
Episode 32: The Lonesome Bride
Two pranksters write away for a mail-order bride, using Lucas's name.
Episode 21: The Wyoming Story (2)
Mark heads for Wyoming to search for Lucas, who's on the trail of a gang illegally selling weapons to the Indians. (Part 2 of 2)
Episode 33: Death Trap
Lucas recognizes Dr. Simon Battle as an ex-gunslinger with whom he once traded shots.