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The Rifleman/The Mind Reader

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The Mind Reader
Season 1, Episode 40
Airdate June 30, 1959
Written by Robert C. Dennis
Directed by Don Medford
Produced by Arthur Gardner and
Jules V. Levy
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The Mind Reader is the fortieth episode of the first season of The Rifleman.

Starring: Chuck Connors (Lucas McCain), Johnny Crawford (Mark McCain)

Additional Cast: Paul Fix (Micah Torrance), Michael Landon (Billy Mathis), Sue Randall (Lucy), Steve Ritch (Joe Hyatt), Vic Perrin (Osborne), Robert Bice (Hallager), William Schallert (Fogarty), James Chandler (Rancher), John Harmon (Eddie Halstead), Charles Seel (Storekeeper)

and John Carradine (McBride)

Contents

Plot Overview

While walking down the main street in North Fork, John Hallager is shot from someone hiding in the shadows. Marshal Micah Torrance arrests Billy Mathis who had been seeing Hallager's daughter Lucy despite being told to stay away. Not long afterward, John Barrow McBride comes to town. He has a mind reading act that the townsfolk find entertaining but he also seems to have information about Hallager's shooting. How he got that information tells Lucas how McBride gets the information for his act but also leads him to the real shooter.

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Arc Advancement

Happenings

Characters

Referbacks

Trivia

The Show

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

Memorable Moments

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