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 fictional town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black and white, in 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 on US television to show a single parent raising a child.
The program was titled to reflect McCain's use of a Winchester Model 1892 rifle, customized to allow repeated firing by cycling its lever action (an anachronism, because the model wasn't manufactured until after the period of the show's setting). He demonstrated this technique in the opening credits of every episode, as well as a second modification that allowed him to cycle the action with one hand.
Cast
Main
Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain, a rancher, a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War, father, and widower
Johnny Crawford as Mark McCain, Lucas's son
Paul Fix as Micah Torrance, marshal of North Fork, New Mexico
Recurring
Bill Quinn as Frank Sweeney, the North Fork Saloon bartender
Patricia Blair as Mallory House hotel owner Lou Mallory
Joe Higgins as blacksmith Nels Swenson
Harlan Warde as banker John Hamilton
Joan Taylor as general store owner Milly Scott
Hope Summers as general store owner Hattie Denton
John Harmon as hotel clerk Eddie Halstead
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