What makes it different from others?

Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

The Rifleman was the series that MADE Chuck Connors. He portrayed a strong but patient widower father, who just happened to be sudden death with his rifle whenever challenge by bad guys. Mostly he tried to stay out of the gunfights, but generally he was forced to clean up the West a little every week. LOLThere were very good supporting casts on most episodes. This was during the period where supporting actors in films were finding that they could supplement their incomes with supporting roles on TV. Plus you'll see a few "up and coming" stars here and there.Good show.

One of the BEST shows on air from the late 50s, early 60s. I grew up pretty rebellious as a child in the 60s yet so fortunate to have been growing up in a time of amazing movies and shows like 'The Rifleman.' I never cared for Chuck Connors looks, it was some the shape of his eyes, yet as I got older I learned to realize just how ignorant that I was to judge someone from their looks and the shape of their eyes or facial features. So here I am a progressive yet a woman with strong values and morals and a heart that still enjoys watching 'The Rifleman' everyday when home. I find comfort in the story lines that more kids these days should learn from. The acting was wonderful by Chuck Connors showed more acting in this show than he did in any other, and seems to have been made for the part. The series reflected an Emphasis on character building and morals to the stories. I realized later in life that it was this exact same style of strong, silent type walk which Clint Eastwood in making his trademark that was lead by Chuck Connors yet Lucas McCain was a FAMIY MAN and always showed a great fathers love for his son. He was what any child would want as a father. A father that was raising a child alone without a mother or any families help. Instead he was a man what was respected by the town, a man with integrity yet would also admit when he was wrong.My favorite child actor wasn't Shirley Temple yet Johnny Crawford in the late 60's because he played is character Mark McCain so real and genuine and showed great respect for his father. And as a female I grew up a "Tomboy" and wished I had a brother like Mark McCain.They just don't make shows like those these days. The shows I adore as a MODERN VEGAN WOMAN that also grew up on Rock & Roll. I still also watch Bonanza and Gunsmoke too. I'm even friends with the wife of Michaal Landon, Cindy Landon, and we talk about the making of Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie and the VALUES that are so important to be taught to children. To be truthful, honest and spiritual. Odd that a thin progressive woman that doesn't eat animals could love these old time series yet that tough the heart and spirit of man and in the end it's just a life of peace that we long to have in this world. Peace for animals and all humans. Love this classic "The Rifleman."

***This is not really a review but more of a long question that's been bothering me for years *** *No real Spoiler just a reference to a later episode*I love Westerns so for the review part: This has great western action, story lines and drama. There is nothing more to say about a great show like that. Here's my question. Can anyone tell me if there is a back story for Lucas McCain? There are several references to how good he is with the rifle (The show is called "The Rifleman") however there seems to be no back story on how he got so good and where/how he used this skill. Was he an ex-lawman, Bounty Hunter, or Straight Outlaw? There were multiple episodes where outlaws or gunslingers make comments like; Watch out, you know how good he is with that rifle or I've always wanted to test the famous Lucas McCain etc. Like in Season 3, EP 33 - Death Trap, where he comes across a famous fast gunslinger (Simon Battle) whom was shot by McCain years earlier and thought to be dead. During the episode they talk back and forth on how they would not back down from each other and wanting to shoot it out again. I can't seem to find any story/episode to where all this skill came from and how come so many outlaws etc. know that deadly skill of his. I can understand the lack of back story for Clint Eastwood"The man with no name" kind of story/movie. But for this to be an ongoing series I was a bit unsettled not to know this answer.

I always liked this show. I was born a long time after this show went off, but I grew up watching shows like this, Gunsmoke, The Fugitive, The Andy Griffith Show, Dragnet, etc., because we had Cable. Sure, the show became sort of predictable after a while, but even if you know what is going to happen, and you are like me, you are always on the edge of your seat, even if you have seen the episode a thousand times before. But I did not like the episodes that were either silly or had something pointless happen in them, such as Knight Errant. I also wish it would have not been called off the air, because it would eventually have turned to color, and I would have LOVED to see this show in "vivid Technicolor". I do like the idea though, of Lucas getting in trouble and/or trapped, and either Micah, Mark, Milly, Hattie, (and, of course, the Rifle) getting captured, and Lucas somehow getting free, and getting them back. I have to admit it was sort of weird to watch Connors in Big Country, as a badguy, and then to turn around and watch The Rifleman. This same reason makes it also weird, but a whole lot more so, to watch the episode "Deadly Image".