September 30, 1958 - April 8, 1963
ABC Western - 168 Episodes
Cast:
| Lucas McCain: | Chuck Connors |
| Mark McCain: | Johnny Crawford |
| Marshal Micah Torrance: | Paul Fix |
| Lou Mallory: | Patricia Blair |
| Doc Burrage: | Edgar Buchanan |
| Rhys Williams | |
| Ralph Moody | |
| Eddie Halstead: | John Harmon |
| Nils Swenson: | Joe Higgins |
| Sweeney the bartender: | Bill Quinn |
| Hattie Denton: | Hope Summers |
| Miss Millie Scott: | Joan Taylor |
| John Hamilton: | Harlan Warde |
The Rifleman was the saga of Lucas McCain, a homesteader
in the Old West struggling to make a living off his ranch and
make a man out of his motherless son, Mark. Chuck Connors,
a former professional baseball player, won critical acclaim
for his portrayal of Lucas, and young Johnny Crawford was
also started on a successful career by this series. The
setting was the town of North Fork, New Mexico, whose marshall
seemed incapable of handling any of the numerous desperadoes
who infested the series without the help of Lucas. Helpful too,
was the trick rifle that Lucas always carried, a modified
Winchester with a large ring which cocked as he drew.
Supposedly, he could fire off his first round in three-tenths
of a second, which certainly helped in a showdown.
Though quite successful at first, the series began to slip in its
third season, due to a number of reasons including Lucas' rather
righteous tone. To "humanize" him the producers brought Miss Milly
to North Fork, to serve as storekeeper and McCain's love interest.
In 1962 a somewhat pushier female arrived: Lou Mallory, a kind of
con-artist-with-a-heart-of-gold hotel keeper who began buying up
the property around town and took out a lease on Lucas as well.
In addition, Mark began to experience problems associated with
adolescence (he had been 12 when the series started).
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