The Rifleman
195830m / epAction & Adventure · Western · Family
First aired
September 30, 1958
TMDB Score
71% match · 54 votes
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The Sharpshooter
Season 1 · Sep 30, 1958 · 30m
Lucas McCain and his son Mark arrive in North Fork, New Mexico. Looking to start a new life, they come across a ranch to their liking, which is for sale. Lucas enters a Turkey Shoot in hopes of winning the down payment for the ranch. Jim Lewis, the man who runs North Fork, has bet on Vernon, a young gun he brought in, to win. When talk of Lucas' reputation back in the Nations circulates around town, Mr. Lewis gets nervous and he makes trouble for Lucas by threatening Mark's life.
About the Series

Synopsis
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.
CreatorSam Peckinpah
- First aired
- September 30, 1958
- Last aired
- April 8, 1963
- Seasons
- 5 seasons · 168 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- English
- Network
- ABC
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