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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.

Chuck Connors
Lucas McCain

Johnny Crawford
Mark McCain

Paul Fix
Micah Torrance


Sam Peckinpah
Arthur H. Nadel

Season 1
40 episodes
September 30, 1958

Season 2
36 episodes
September 29, 1959

Season 3
34 episodes
September 27, 1960

Season 4
32 episodes
October 2, 1961

Season 5
26 episodes
October 1, 1962
Four Stars Productions
US