Set in the 1880s, ‘The Rifleman’ aired on ABC from 1958 to 1963
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The Rifleman aired on ABC from 1958 to 1963
The Western show starred Chuck Conners, Johnny Crawford and Paul Fix, among others
Connors went on to appear in several more Westerns and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the 1977 miniseries Roots
The Rifleman premiered during the golden age of TV Westerns.
The black-and-white ABC series — which premiered in September 1958 — was set in the 1880s and followed widowed rancher Lucas McCain (Chuck Conners) as he searched for a fresh start in the fictional town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory, while raising his young…
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