The Rifleman/Obituary

Obituary
Season 2, Episode 4
Airdate	October 20, 1959
Written by	Teddi Sherman and Ward Wood
Directed by	Don Medford
Produced by	Jules Levy, Arthur Gardner, Arnold Laven
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The Rifleman — Season Two

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Obituary is the fourth episode of the second season of The Rifleman, and the forty-fourth episode overall.

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

Additional Cast: Paul Fix (Micah Torrance), Brian G. Hutton (Billy Benson), Chris Alcaide (Panama Billings), Stevan Darrell (Ben Russell), Ian Murray (Man)

Special Guests: Alexander Scourby (Byron Claremont), Joanna Moore (Eleanor Claremont)

Plot Overview

Newspaperman Byron Claremont wrote a story about Ben Russell, a onetime fast gun who's been ranching for 20 years. All the article does is draw out a young gun looking to make a name for himself, Panama Billings, who calls out Ben, shooting him down in the street. Lucas McCain doesn't think much of Claremont's brand of journalism and lets him know that. When Claremont's wife Eleanor seems to show an interest in Lucas, Claremont writes him up as being faster with a rifle than anyone with a six-shooter and soon enough, another young gun comes to North Fork, this time gunning for Lucas.