The Rifleman
Para los que vivimos tan lejos el tener la
oportunidad de ver a Chuck Connors, El Hombre
del Rifle, en un video, bromeando, escuchándolo hablar en su idioma, es un
verdadero hallazgo. Chuck Connors
explica el funcionamiento de su Winchester
y Steve Allen, el entrevistador, comenta
que enseñó sobre seguridad con las armas en su show. Para saber: algo de la
vida de Chuck Connors y El Hombre del Rifle. En vocabulario: sugarcoat
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 1870s and 1880s in the fictional town of North Fork,
New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black and white, in half-hour
episodes. The Rifleman aired from 1958 to 1963.
The program was
titled to reflect McCain's use of a Winchester
Model 1892 rifle, customized to allow repeated firing by cycling its lever
action.
The series
centers on Lucas McCain, a Union Civil War veteran and widower. Having
previously been a homesteader, McCain buys a ranch outside the fictitious town
of North Fork, New Mexico Territory, in the pilot episode. He and his son Mark
had come from Enid, Oklahoma, following the death of his wife, Margaret, when
his son was six years old.
