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The Rifleman – western TV show – page five. Most of These Westerns TV show episodes of The Rifleman are posted here from Hulu. So they may not appear on your mobile device.
Mark is kidnapped as he and his father try to protect banker Hamilton’s gold.
A dance hall singer ask Lucas to care for her daughter in an effort to hide a baby from her bigoted father.
Mark runs away from home after his father questions his story about over hearing a plot to rob the bank.
Lucas is drawn to a young widow passing thru town on her way to claim her inheritance.
Lucas and Mark try to help out a friend whose been cheated in a horse trading deal.
The opening credits showcasing the skill of Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain firing his rapid-action Winchester rifle set the tone for the western action adventure, to be sure, but the show aspired to be more than a vehicle for gratuitous gun-slinging. Heart-warming human relationships, specifically the kinship between father and son, provided balance, and sometimes a paradoxical juxtaposition, to the violent backdrop of life on the frontier. The rifle complemented Lucas McCain’s persona as a self-possessed, rugged individualist who had high ethical standards and a cool head. Connors in the title role, with rifle at the ready, portrayed the iconic western hero—a cracker jack marksman and cowboy-turned-single-father and homesteader facing life’s challenges with a stoical, reasoned view about social justice and personal responsibility. Uppermost in his mind was being a good role model for his son and a solid citizen in his community. So, when McCain picked up his rifle, he wielded it not only with confidence and competence, but also with rational deliberation and fair-minded determination. He admonished his young son in one episode, “A man doesn’t run from a fight, Mark, but that doesn’t mean you go looking to run to one.
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