Anyone Else Watch the Rifleman?

filmshooter · Feb 18, 2018

I started watching this on some obscure channel on weekends. Just found amazon prime has every season included. Fantastic show. The photography is fantastic. Probably the best lighting of almost any black and white shows I've seen. Plus the episodes are very well written. The show predates me by 30 years but, for my taste, it has more substance and value than most modern tv. Plus the reformed sheriff enjoys a pipe.

seacaptain · Feb 18, 2018

I don't watch that one but I'm with you on old TV shows. Way better than today's garbage.

mcitinner1 · Feb 18, 2018

I watched it as a kid when it was current, so I predate you too. :mrgreen:

johnbarleycorn · Feb 18, 2018

I watched it as a kid also. I loved it then. Glad to hear it has held up.

jaytex1969 · Feb 18, 2018

I watched it some as "reruns" in the late 70's, when I was 7-10 or so. I never noticed those filming details back then.
Thanks for the Amazon tip. I may check it out more.

anthonyrosenthal74 · Feb 18, 2018

When I was a kid, it was one of the few black and white westerns my dad watched that I would also enjoy. I also liked The Lone Ranger (of course) and Gunsmoke, but preferred the color episodes of Gunsmoke. I love westerns. But mainly those made from the 70s to current.

sablebrush52 · Feb 18, 2018

I watched The Rifleman when I was a kid. I also saw Chuck Connors at my school from time to time when he stopped by to pick up his kid.
A few years back I was asked to restore the color on some very badly deteriorated Ektachromes, publicity stills for The Rifleman. Over the years, the blue record had faded, leaving the overall color very warm. I reconstructed the blue record. Here's a sample:
Original Ektachrome

Color corrected:

cigrmaster · Feb 18, 2018

cool pics Jesse. I loved it growing up and was pissed I had to wait until the end before Lucas would whip out his rifle and go to town. Most people don't know Chuck Connors played for the Boston Celtics.

filmshooter · Feb 18, 2018

He also played pro baseball. 6'5" too. That last pic of them walking is wonderful.

cerfer · Feb 18, 2018

I remember being a kid and trying like hell to get my BB rifle to fire eleven times just like Lucas. I still don't think I could do it, even with a CGI assist.

derekflint · Feb 18, 2018

Great show, my favorite TV western. Watched it somewhat as a kid but watched every episode multiple times as an adult on the western channel. Sable...excellent work on those photo's..........

ukbob · Feb 19, 2018

My god that's a blast from the past, used to love watching that.

newbroom · Feb 19, 2018

Johnny Yuma had a loop/lever on his sidearm, if I recall? Nick Adams in The Rebel.

My son gave me a set of Wanted Dead or Alive I've yet to binge watch. Steve McQueen.

Connors was always a favorite and maybe one of the first and best cross over athlete/actors ever.

pappymac · Feb 19, 2018

my favorite was "Have Gun Will Travel"

cosmicfolklore · Feb 19, 2018

Yep, Rifleman, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, and Bonanza! But, I could only see them if we missed church. After church my dad hogged the TV with his silly Star Trek show that took me years to grow to appreciate, ha ha.

shanegreen · Feb 19, 2018

One of my favorites is Laramie. I am just about to finish all 4 in a mere few more episodes. When I am through, I will probably watch again. Wanted Dead or Alive was also fun. My dad and I watched the Lone Ranger. I don't even know what is on tv these days as I don't bother with it. I am just happy to stream my favorite old shows and movies. Westerns were big for a long time as they covered a variety of topics from bandits to the fighting between the settlers and cattlemen. I will take black and white or technicolor over cgi any day.
As for the films I don't think I can ever get sick of Audie Murphy,Lee Van Cleef, or Charles Bronson.

indianafrank · Feb 19, 2018

As a child,I never missed an episode. Rawhide was another old western I loved.

mahew · Feb 19, 2018

As far as old westerns go, you can’t forget “The Big Valley”. Who didn’t have a soft spot for Linda Evans back then!

filmshooter · Feb 19, 2018

I'm not really a fan of westerns. I found the rifleman to be extremely well written though. The subject matter is quite dramatic and serious but is doesn't come off as being stuffy or preachy.

shanegreen · Feb 26, 2018

So I just finished the first episode after procrastinating watching it. Prime rarely rotates the old westerns, so I gave it a shot. I ended up enjoying it immensely. Some good ole shooting, a father and son, some crooked big shots, and Dennis Hopper guest starring, of course playing a troubled youth role. It's looks like I'm going to settle in and watch it for a while. Good stuff, and that is coming from a western junky. I did have a hard time believing that Dennis Hopper was as good as a shot as he was because he always plays a goofball even in a few other older westerns he did.
Thanks for bringing this one up. The programming in this day and age just seems like a bunch of poop to me.

Anyone Else Watch the Rifleman?

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