"The Rifleman" The Wyoming Story: Part 1 (TV Episode 1961) Poster

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8/10
Lucas plays a villain and does really well!
kfo949420 February 2014
Things go bad in North Fork as Hoof and Mouth disease invades the territory. This causes havoc in the small town and sends people looking for a new homes when all their cattle has to be killed. Lucas and Mark are also in trouble and it looks like they may have to leave North Fork and look for a place to start a new life.

However, Micah has a job for Lucas that will have him play an outlaw in a Wyoming town in order to apprehend criminals that are stealing guns from the government and selling to the local Indians.

Everything works fine until a local drunk happens to read a letter stating that Lucas is really working for the local Sheriff and just cannot keep the information to himself. Instead of setting up the bandits, the bandit will be setting up Lucas.

Since this is a two part story, this episode is mainly a set-up for the entire plot. North Fork is in trouble, Lucas has been betrayed and Lucas and Mark are separated- there is much going on in this story. This episode wets the palate that will continue in part two. Good watch.
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8/10
The Rifleman goes Undercover
gordonl567 November 2013
Warning: Spoilers
THE RIFLEMAN – The Wyoming Story: Part 1 - 1961

Chuck Connors headlines this 1958 to 1963 western series that ran for 168 episodes. Connors is a world class hand with a Winchester rifle. This of course ends up getting him in no end of trouble.

Hoof and mouth disease hits North Fork and wipes out all the local cattle herds. With no cattle to sell, the town starts to lose people who move on elsewhere to start again. Rancher, Connors is in the same boat and his savings are at the end. He takes a job as an undercover detective for the government. They would like him to infiltrate a gang of bushwhackers working out of a town in Wyoming.

North Fork Sheriff, Paul Fix fakes up some charges and sends out a few wanted posters to Wyoming. Connors rides into the Wyoming town and soon makes his presence felt. This gets the attention of the main villain, Kent Taylor, and his number one, Chris Alcaide. The two run a gang that sells rifles to the local Cheyeene tribe.

Taylor make a killing by robbing Army supply wagons and selling the proceeds to the natives. They soon put Connors to work on several of the holdups. Now that he has the evidence needed, he contacts the local law, Russell Thorsen. A slight problem arises though when the town drunk, Dabbs Greer, overhears Connors and Thoresen talking.

Greer lets slip to the wrong people that Connors is really a undercover Lawman. Needless to say there is a lively exchange of lead involved before the crooks are put in their place, Boot Hill.

With the reward money, Connors has enough to buy a good bull and several cattle for a new herd. He rides back to North Fork for a grand reunion with son Johnny Crawford.

This review covers part one and part two of the episode. The action is again handled with ease by director, Joseph H Lewis.
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