The Rifleman

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.

The Rifleman
The RiflemanSeries

Details

First aired
30 Sept 1958
Seasons
5
Episodes
168
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Last aired
8 Apr 1963
Genres
  • Action & Adventure
  • Western
  • Family
Status
Ended
Network
ABC
Episode runtime
30 min
Countries
  • US
Original language
en
Original title
The Rifleman
Writers
Cyril HumeEd AdamsonSam PeckinpahGeorge W. GeorgeRobert CulpAdam WilliamsBruce GellerSamuel A. PeeplesHerman GrovesLawrence DobkinRobert LewinMontgomery PittmanRobert C. DennisJudy GeorgeTom GriesAlbert AlayDavid SwiftPaul MazurskyFrederic ConradKen KolbPeter B. GermanoFrank D. GilroyLuci WardChuck ConnorsDale EunsonPalmer ThompsonOliver CrawfordClair HuffakerCalvin Clements Sr.
Composer
Herschel Burke Gilbert

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