The Rifleman
TV ShowTitle | The Rifleman |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Sep 30, 1958 |
Release date of last episode | Apr 8, 1963 |
Genre | Action & Adventure, Western, Family |
Director | Sam Peckinpah |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Four Stars Productions |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 5 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 168 |
Run time | 30 min. |
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.