<P> The February 17, 1959 episode of The Rifleman was a pilot for an NBC series, Law of the Plainsman, starring Michael Ansara as Marshal Sam Buckhart . In the episode "The Indian", Buckhart comes to North Fork to look for Indians suspected of murdering a Texas Ranger and his family . He subsequently reappeared in "The Raid". </P> <P> Chuck Connors briefly played the same character again in 1991's The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, which featured a number of 1950s and 1960s television Western series leads reprising their roles in quick cameo appearances (Gene Barry as Bat Masterson, Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp, Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie, David Carradine as Kung Fu's Caine). </P> <P> In late 2011, CBS announced plans to remake the original Rifleman series . Chris Columbus was slated to be the executive producer and direct, with Robert Levy, Steven Gardner, and Arthur Gardner (related to original producers Levy - Gardner - Laven) as executive producers . The remake project was canceled a few months later, without a pilot episode being made . </P> <P> The TV show was also adapted into a comic book by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Dell Comics . </P>

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