The Rifleman (1958)

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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.

• Released: 1958-09-30
• Genres: Action & Adventure, Western, Family
• Seasons: 5, 168 episodes
• Episode length: 30m
• Network: ABC
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 54 votes

Created by Sam Peckinpah.

Top cast

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

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Where to watch The Rifleman

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Philo, Pure Flix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus, Great American Pure Flix Amazon Channel, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel; watch free on Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Xumo Play, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Plex, Pluto TV, Amazon MX Player
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV, Plex, Pluto TV

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