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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Release Date:
30 September 1958 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Plot:
The adventures of a Wild West rancher who wields a customized Winchester rifle. Full summary »
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. See more »
User Reviews:
Good to see it again See more (37 total) »

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 3 of 199)

Chuck Connors ... Lucas McCain / ... (168 episodes, 1958-1963)

Johnny Crawford ... Mark McCain (168 episodes, 1958-1963)

Paul Fix ... Marshal Micah Torrance / ... (150 episodes, 1958-1963)
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Series Directed by
Joseph H. Lewis (51 episodes, 1958-1963)
Arnold Laven (21 episodes, 1958-1963)
Arthur H. Nadel (10 episodes, 1962-1963)
Gene Nelson (8 episodes, 1961-1962)
Don Medford (7 episodes, 1959-1960)
Richard Donner (7 episodes, 1962)
Lewis Allen (5 episodes, 1959-1960)
Lawrence Dobkin (5 episodes, 1962)
Arthur Hiller (4 episodes, 1958-1960)
Jerry Hopper (4 episodes, 1958-1959)
Sam Peckinpah (4 episodes, 1958-1959)
Paul Landres (4 episodes, 1959-1961)
Don Taylor (4 episodes, 1959-1961)
Ted Post (4 episodes, 1959-1960)
William F. Claxton (4 episodes, 1960-1962)
Lamont Johnson (2 episodes, 1959-1961)
James Neilson (2 episodes, 1959)
James Clavell (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
Dick Moder (2 episodes, 1960)
John Rich (2 episodes, 1960)
Paul Wendkos (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
 
Series Writing credits
Arthur Browne Jr. (35 episodes, 1959-1963)
Calvin Clements Sr. (13 episodes, 1960-1963)
Cyril Hume (9 episodes, 1958-1963)
Palmer Thompson (7 episodes, 1958-1961)
Pat Fielder (7 episodes, 1959-1962)
Sam Peckinpah (6 episodes, 1958-1959)
Philip Saltzman (6 episodes, 1959-1962)
Herbert Little Jr. (5 episodes, 1958-1960)
David Victor (5 episodes, 1958-1960)
Jack Curtis (5 episodes, 1959-1961)
Margaret Armen (5 episodes, 1960-1963)
Jay Simms (5 episodes, 1960-1963)
Ed Adamson (5 episodes, 1961-1963)
Ken Kolb (4 episodes, 1958-1960)
Chuck Connors (4 episodes, 1959-1961)
Harry Kronman (4 episodes, 1959-1961)
Albert Aley (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
George W. George (3 episodes, 1959)
Judy George (3 episodes, 1959)
David Lang (3 episodes, 1959)
Bruce Geller (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
Barney Slater (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
William F. Leicester (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Teddi Sherman (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Ward Wood (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Thomas Thompson (2 episodes, 1960-1963)
Herman Groves (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Robert Lewin (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert Culp (2 episodes, 1962)
David P. Harmon (2 episodes, 1962)

Series Produced by
Arthur Gardner .... producer (165 episodes, 1958-1963)
Jules V. Levy .... producer (165 episodes, 1958-1963)
Arnold Laven .... producer (123 episodes, 1959-1963)
Arthur H. Nadel .... associate producer / producer (70 episodes, 1959-1961)
 
Series Original Music by
Herschel Burke Gilbert (155 episodes, 1958-1963)
 
Series Cinematography by
Howard Schwartz (109 episodes, 1959-1963)
George E. Diskant (35 episodes, 1958-1963)
Charles Burke (8 episodes, 1959-1963)
Guy Roe (5 episodes, 1958-1959)
Carl E. Guthrie (2 episodes, 1960-1962)
Fred G. Carson (2 episodes, 1961)
 
Series Film Editing by
Marsh Hendry (23 episodes, 1960-1963)
Frank Sullivan (19 episodes, 1959-1962)
Norman Colbert (16 episodes, 1961-1963)
Lester Orlebeck (14 episodes, 1958-1960)
Lyle Boyer (13 episodes, 1959-1963)
Samuel E. Beetley (11 episodes, 1958-1960)
Arthur Hilton (9 episodes, 1958-1963)
Desmond Marquette (9 episodes, 1958-1963)
Sherman Todd (8 episodes, 1959-1960)
Sherman A. Rose (6 episodes, 1960-1962)
Robert Leo (4 episodes, 1962)
Chandler House (3 episodes, 1959-1963)
Fred MacDowell (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Jerry Young (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
Ellsworth Hoagland (3 episodes, 1959)
Richard V. Heermance (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Thomas Neff (3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Folmar Blangsted (2 episodes, 1959)
Milton Shifman (2 episodes, 1960)
Anthony Wollner (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Richard L. Van Enger (2 episodes, 1961)
Stanley E. Johnson (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
 
Series Casting by
Phil Benjamin (75 episodes, 1960-1963)
Marjory McKay (58 episodes, 1958-1960)
Betty Martin (32 episodes, 1961-1962)
 
Series Art Direction by
Bill Ross (159 episodes, 1958-1963)
Gibson Holley (61 episodes, 1959-1961)
Jan Van Tamelen (21 episodes, 1959-1963)
George Renne (7 episodes, 1961-1962)
Frank T. Smith (6 episodes, 1958-1961)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Budd Friend (37 episodes, 1958-1959)
Carl Biddiscombe (33 episodes, 1959-1960)
Anthony D. Nealis (30 episodes, 1961-1963)
Glen Daniels (22 episodes, 1960-1961)
James Roach (16 episodes, 1962-1963)
Patrick Delany (11 episodes, 1959-1960)
Frank Wade (8 episodes, 1960-1963)
Donald E. Webb (6 episodes, 1961-1962)
Robert C. Bradfield (4 episodes, 1959)
John Burton (3 episodes, 1960-1961)
Chester L. Bayhi (2 episodes, 1959)
 
Series Costume Design by
Robert B. Harris (22 episodes, 1958-1959)
 
Series Makeup Department
Webster Philips .... makeup artist (83 episodes, 1959-1963)
Jay Sebring .... hair stylist: Chuck Connors (48 episodes, 1958-1963)
Karl Herlinger .... makeup artist (31 episodes, 1958-1961)
Sidney Perell .... makeup artist (23 episodes, 1958-1963)
Mel Berns .... makeup artist (8 episodes, 1958-1962)
Carlie Taylor .... makeup artist (6 episodes, 1959-1961)
Paul Malcolm .... makeup artist (4 episodes, 1960-1962)
Burris Grimwood .... makeup artist (3 episodes, 1961-1963)
John Sylvester .... makeup artist (2 episodes, 1959)
 
Series Production Management
Jack Sonntag .... production supervisor / production manager (143 episodes, 1959-1963)
Bruce Fowler Jr. .... production manager / unit manager (125 episodes, 1959-1963)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marty Moss .... assistant director (70 episodes, 1959-1963)
Jack Sonntag .... assistant director (18 episodes, 1958-1959)
Norman S. Powell .... assistant director (17 episodes, 1959)
Mike Salamunovich .... assistant director (9 episodes, 1959-1961)
Don Torpin .... assistant director (9 episodes, 1960-1962)
Lloyd Allen .... assistant director (7 episodes, 1960-1963)
Edward O. Denault .... assistant director (6 episodes, 1960)
Read Killgore .... assistant director (5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Cy Brooskin .... assistant director (4 episodes, 1960-1963)
Nathan Barragar .... assistant director (4 episodes, 1961-1962)
Ray Taylor Jr. .... assistant director (3 episodes, 1961)
Barry Crane .... assistant director (2 episodes, 1959)
Howard Joslin .... assistant director (2 episodes, 1959)
Bob White .... assistant director (2 episodes, 1961)
 
Series Art Department
Bill Ross .... supervisory art director / supervising art director (44 episodes, 1960-1963)
 
Series Sound Department
Denzil L. Daniels .... sound (71 episodes, 1960-1963)
Kay Rose .... sound effects / sound effects editor (65 episodes, 1959-1962)
Clarence Peterson .... sound (38 episodes, 1959-1963)
Norval D. Crutcher .... sound effects / supervising sound editor / ... (32 episodes, 1958-1963)
Milton C. Burrow .... sound effects / sound effects editor (31 episodes, 1960-1961)
Mandine Rogne .... sound effects / sound effects editor (25 episodes, 1962-1963)
Eugene Grossman .... sound (16 episodes, 1959)
Tommy Thompson .... sound (8 episodes, 1960-1963)
Don McKay .... sound (4 episodes, 1959)
Stephen Bass .... sound (4 episodes, 1960-1962)
Woodruff H. Clarke .... sound (4 episodes, 1961-1963)
Don Rush .... sound (3 episodes, 1959)
 
Series Stunts
Jesse Wayne .... stunt double: Johnny Crawford (23 episodes, 1958-1959)
Carol Daniels .... stunt double: Joan Taylor (18 episodes, 1960-1962)
Bobby Somers .... stunts (13 episodes, 1958-1959)
Fritz Ford .... stunt double / stunt double: Chuck Connors (6 episodes, 1958-1961)
Jack N. Young .... stunts (2 episodes, 1958)
Whitey Hughes .... stunt double / stunt double: Max Wagner (2 episodes, 1959)
 
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert B. Harris .... wardrobe / costume supervisor (163 episodes, 1958-1963)
 
Series Editorial Department
Bernard W. Burton .... editorial supervisor / supervising editor / ... (165 episodes, 1958-1963)
 
Series Music Department
Al Friede .... music editor (91 episodes, 1959-1961)
Harry King .... music editor (55 episodes, 1961-1963)
Herschel Burke Gilbert .... composer: theme music (11 episodes, 1959-1960)
Earle Dearth .... music editor (7 episodes, 1958-1959)
 
Series Other crew
Marian Carpenter .... assistant to producer / assistant to producers / ... (155 episodes, 1958-1963)
Frank Baur .... production executive (40 episodes, 1958-1959)
 

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Runtime:
30 min (168 episodes)
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
Chuck Connors initially turned down the role of Lucas McCain because he thought the salary was too low. The show's producers then considered James Whitmore and John Anderson for the role, but when they saw Connors' chemistry with child actor Tommy Kirk in Old Yeller (1957), they realized he was the best choice for the role and made him another offer, this time at a much higher salary. He accepted.See more »
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Lucas McCain's rifle is a modified 1892 .44-40 Winchester, even though the series clearly establishes itself in the 1880s.See more »
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Mark McCain:Pa!
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27 out of 27 people found the following review useful.
Good to see it again, 25 January 2007
Author: Tom Holland from Phildelphia, Pa. USA

I watched this show every week as a kid - I'm 56. I liked it a lot but being around 10 I don't think I really appreciated all it had to offer. Compared to what's on TV these days (I know this makes me sound old. OK, point taken.) the writing was very good. The interplay between Lucas & Mark was genuine; I understand they were fast friends until Connors' death. The only thing I didn't understand was why North Fork even needed a sheriff; Lucas bailed Micah out nearly every week. Oh, well....

It's running on Encore right now. I'm just glad to see that somebody in authority has realized that these old shows shouldn't be dismissed just because they were filmed in black & white. It's the quality of the product that matters. I'm hoping to see Have Gun Will Travel, The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Rebel, and other shows of this era soon too.

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