Rifleman: Season 5 - Vol. 1

A widowed homesteader raised his son on a New Mexico ranch and helped the local sheriff battle desperadoes using a modified Winchester rifle. The series aired during the heyday of the Western on network television. During the 1958-59 season, this show's first, the genre accounted for seven of the Top 10 shows. 'The Rifleman' ranked fourth, below 'Gunsmoke,' 'Wagon Train' and 'Have Gun, Will Travel.'