The Rifleman



The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford. It is set in the 1870s and 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show aired on ABC on September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963.

Widower Lucas McCain, a Union Civil War veteran can fire a round with his specially modified Winchester in three-tenths of a second. Added to his high moral code and resolve enable him to help Marshal Micah Torrance maintain order in town while raising his son, Mark, on a ranch near North Fork, New Mexico.

Main characters

 * Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain
 * Johnny Crawford as Mark McCain
 * Paul Fix as Micah Torrance

Recurring cast

 * Bill Quinn as Sweeney
 * Patricia Blair as Lou Mallory
 * Joe Higgins as Nels Swenson
 * Harlan Warde as John Hamilton
 * Joan Taylor as Milly Scott
 * Hope Summers as Hattie Denton
 * John Harmon as Eddie Halstead