Do you guys ever wish?


Do you guys ever wish that The Rifleman was in color? I do..

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I'm intrigued by the episodes that said Lucas had "yellow hair". I can't think of him as a blonde when
his hair appears dark in B&W.

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I prefer to call it "grey-scales"..and yes, Lucas's hair appears to be a medium to dark grey..Not sure why they chose not to make it a color show. Maybe they thought it would appear more old and vintage that way, i dont know.

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Very few tv shows were shot in color in the late '50s and early '60s. Color did not become the norm until about 1966. Lucas's hair always looked light gray, which I interpreted as blonde. If you see Connors in color movies when he was still young, like "The Big Country", his hair color ranges from very blonde to a sort of darker, "dirty" blonde.

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