"The Rifleman" Obituary (TV Episode 1959) Poster

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(1959)

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9/10
Entertaining from beginning till end.
kfo94943 October 2014
An eastern newspaper man, Byron Claremont, has made his way to North Fork writing about things that happened in the untamed west. He has been writing about a local man that some twenty years ago was the fastest Marshal with a gun the west had ever seen. The man, Ben Russell, had retired and was living around North Fork. But the newspapers, that was selling all over the country, brought fast gunmen like Panama Billings to try their gun against 'the fastest gun in the west'. And sure enough Ben Russell feel prey to the youngster with a gun.

With that story gone Byron Claremont begins to write about another fast gunman, Lucas McCain. Without any knowledge Lucas finds out that Claremount has been running a series on him with the title of the fast man with a rifle. It is not long before another gunman comes to town, kills the man who shot Billings and now is looking for McCain.

The show also contained the beautiful Joanna Moore that played the newspaper man's wife. Even though she is always great on the screen, her part was written large but added little to the plot. The story was entertaining right from the start and needed no side stories to keep the viewer interested. One of the episodes that was filled with excitement from the start till the conclusion. Good show.
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