The Rifleman (1958)
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
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Mark and his girlfriend Laurie discover that an old hermit is very lonely.
The notoriously lazy Jackman brothers discover their mortgage has been foreclosed.
Lucas, who blames his wife's death on his father-in-law, refuses to help the old man elude gunmen.
New arrival Mario Arsatti becomes very friendly with Lucas, but this turns out to be merely pleasure before business: he's been hired to kill Lucas.
Lucas begins a trek to find a cure for Mark, who is paralyzed after a bad fall.
Lucas is baffled when the marshal of a neighboring town refuses to hold a gambler who just attempted murder.
Lucas is thrown into jail to stop him from murdering an old enemy.
A snake crawls into Lucas's bed, and Mark must lure it away before it strikes.
At Halloween, rustlers take advantage of the seasonal disguises to raid a cattle ranch.
A Japanese nobleman seeks revenge when his servant is insulted.
Gridley Mau is gunning for Lucas, who killed his father during an attempted robbery.
A peddler is implicated in a series of murders.
A railroad gang boss frames an Apache.
Lucas's self-confidence begins to slip away when he misses an easy shot.
A blacksmith-turned-deputy sets the stage for trouble when he demands that all townspeople turn in their weapons.
Mark blames himself for a friend's accidental death.
A speculator will stop at nothing to grab Lucas's land.
Fast-draw artist Wade Randall is less than anxious to display his prowess.
Sharpshooter Marty Blair tries to persuade Lucas to buy Mark a rifle.
An assassination plot unfolds as four gunmen disguised as cavalrymen enter North Fork. Their target: Sen. Jim Borden. Their weapon: a Gatling gun.
Lou looks for a way out when the man her dying father promised her to arrives.
A gunslinger rides into North Fork for a meeting with Lucas.
Townspeople brace for the worst when a new girl arrives—with symptoms of smallpox.
Red-headed Lou Mallory arrives in North Fork and soon arouses the townpeople's suspicions.
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The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
Four Stars Productions
Chuck Connors ,Johnny Crawford ,Paul Fix
Western ,Family ,Action & Adventure
Arthur H. Nadel
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