Lee Van Cleef meets the Rifleman

Lee Van Cleef (Dan Mowry) shares a drink with The Rifleman (Chuck Connors)This was their first scene together. Although, Van Cleef stood over six feet
tall, at nearly 6'6", Connors towers above him. Van Cleef would go on
to appear in a total of 4 "RIFLEMAN" episodes.....Mr. Billespie.

[@silvershelbygt5006]

The very first time I watched this show was when I went to visit my dad at home 8.5 years ago when he was dying of cancer. I fell in love with the show and have seen every episode several times. Whenever I watch it, it reminds me of watching it with him.

[@mikeyoung9810]

Condolences Lawrence. I glad you have this memory.

[@wandamartin8339]

Yes. I too my dad is gone now but l still love watching the old western. I hope they live on forever.

[@shannonfeathers644]

💙

[@openmind763]

I have been watching this show since the 70s. Just started watching it again in "Tubi" it is free and keep enjoying it. I am sorry for your loss.

[@-CT-SODBUSTER]

Lawrence your dad sounded like a great man he certainly had good taste in TV shows

[@BlackAnvil47]

Met Lee Van Cleef in Hawaii in 1984 he was a really nice person. RIP

[@satchhuntzhall1]

would loved to have a beer with LVC they don't make them like that any more

[@theresamckay2776]

Would loved to have met him.

[@TheLegend-nm8ji]

🤠

[@georgewashington6225]

Is that true sod buster?

[@mattwoollard8715]

He is one of my top 5 all times actors , RIP

[@SwingingInTheHood]

When is the last time you seen that kind of raw tension created in under a minute in any TV show produced today? Good writing, good acting, good dialogue, good story telling, good action -- all in under 4 minutes.

[@fidelmomon409]

It's sad shows like that are gone forever!!!

[@mikeyoung9810]

The music is what does it. That rifleman theme when it's about to hit the fan and you tense up.

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

I grew up watching the Rifleman, Fury, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza - you name it. I learned lessons on truth and human nature and how one good turn deserves another. There will never be another generation of people like us because there will never be lessons like these delivered in such a way, ever again.

[@thecatatemyhomework]

@@JustMe-vk4fn Very profound. Never thought about it quite that way.

[@wandamartin8339]

Amen. I love watching tv show like that. You learn more about life the way we are to be not the way things are today. Give me the old ways.

[@AZVIDS]

Even in this small part Lee had a huge presence. There are no small parts.....for an actor like Lee.🤠

[@troydixon2722]

Just a play move on to next play

[@preachinoldschool5726]

The Rifleman was a great show. It taught morals, hard work & respect towards one another & eachother's property. It taught Courage and to stand up to bullies.

[@geoffdearth8575]

Leonid Brezhnev thought so.

[@mariocisneros911]

Didn't Micah have a deputy ? Or a posse. Lucas was too much a killer unlike Maverick who used his head to avoid killing someone .

[@roundedges2]

Awsome theme song too!

[@CB-xr1eg]

Oh sure, you don't like what a guy is saying so you shoot his glass of whiskey out of his hand, damaging the wall of the bar in the process. Yep, that's morals and respect toward someone's property for ya, remember it well kids.

[@mariocisneros911]

Clive Bindley. I saw an old video of Mr. Rogers. 1969. He was right about tv showing the wrong reaction of two men in a gunfight instead of talking it out.

[@markjackson2960]

I meant Lee Van cleef's son in Colorado he looks like his twin brother. He actually took me out to his cabin in the mountains and showed me all the memorabilia. Very cool guy.

[@boomerhgt]

Weird why would he do that to some random dude

[@theresamckay2776]

You were lucky

[@georgewashington6225]

Is that true sod buster?

[@666BIGBLOCK]

By chance did you hear anyone squealing like a pig ?

[@jeffh58]

If that really happened, he was probably gay.

[@diehard-schenker-fan7233]

Love Chuck Connors!!!! Rest In Peace.....

[@ericvanjames8395]

Chuck Connors was absolutely great in The Rifleman!! Lee Van Cleef was a terrific actor, too!

[@RobbGF]

Day of the Assassin (1979) - Chuck Connors & Glenn Ford kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZO9XqGgZ7qjjpI

[@peanutbutter2597]

Lee van cleef !! What a great actor very underrated actor/man always played a great part

[@julianmarsh1378]

Van Cleef was a better actor than almost anyone out there today....but in his time he was almost relegated to character actor status because there was so much real talent floating around...

[@marcomalo02]

The good old days of television...westerns on all channels every night of the week, Roy Rogers on Saturday morning.

[@sherrysetliff2502]

marcomalo02 yep, it could be a lot worse, and I guess today it is. Sad.

[@paulsmith3778]

Safari on Saturday morning as well.

[@bluebird802]

PC hypocrites ruin everything.

[@mikeyoung9810]

20+ years of Gunsmoke. It was a great couple of decades.

[@dnhy7951]

@@bluebird802 Oh yeah, white man good, red man bad.Go and learn some HISTORY.FFS.

[@extantpoet9331]

Lee Van Cleef was just awesome.

[@SuperOmeara]

Lee Van was the ultimate villain in westerns, The good, the bad and the ugly.

[@semorebuttes9764]

rich bingham hell ya he was

[@danrwolfe]

But he never killed John Wayne like Bruce Dern did.

[@m.a.c.8366]

can ya'll only imagine this scene in hd today, oh wow...unforgiven bar scene is trumped (no!) in spades...thanks for posting this rich bingham, excellent

[@matthewhenry-gibson2579]

No Shane The best gun fight ever!

[@Kelly14UK]

Yeah, but Col. Douglas Mortimer, though

[@Jersey2tall86]

I'll bet Van Cleef said more lines in this scene than he did in every spaghetti western he ever did combined.

[@battlememesbyomari1979]

He was a really big part of Escape from New York

[@russholzshu6274]

i did laugh

[@tonkool4736]

Ha ha, that old tv-serie out of my youth... :-). That Chuck Connors guy certainly was fast with that ol' Winchester...

[@jscottupton]

Lee Van Cleef, Chuck Conners and Clint Eastwood walk into a bar. It's no joke.

[@RichWeigel]

No one leaves alive from that bar.

[@chrismc410]

@@RichWeigel or it might end up being like when John Wesley Hardin met Wild Bill Hicock. Real recognized real and they had a drink and no one was killed.

[@gregoryhainsworth2663]

Then Steve McQueen Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer follow.

[@dankatz1080]

Bartender says "Looks like you blew a seal."

[@Mdebacle]

If Chuck is still looking for Charlton Heston in Soylent Green...

[@hallowland1]

My beloved uncle took me to my first American movie. His favorite actors were James Coburn and Lee Van Cleef. My uncle said Van Cleef says everything with his eyes. I've never forgotten that nor forgotten my uncle. My only regret was my uncle never live long enough to his nephew actually making a career in motion pictures. I was Sean Connery's asst on my first movie. Then I got out of that racket and became a sound mixer. Burt Reynolds and Anthony Quinn's paths crossed with mine and I told all those 3 legends about my uncle's influence on me and Lee Van Cleef. They all agree with my uncle Lee Van Cleef was the original real stuff. Period

[@Snagglefratz]

Great show. Loved it as a kid and I still watch the reruns.

[@boblackey1]

In real life Lee Van Cleef was the fastest gun in Hollywood unless it was Sammy Davis, Jr. Lee told John Wayne while waiting to do a scene in "Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" he could draw & pull trigger before Wayne could clap his hands together while holding them just a few feet apart. They got Lee Marvin to count it off and Van Cleef did it. Wayne said"How am I suppose to out draw you in this scene?" Van Cleef said "I'll slow down for you Duke" & Wayne said "Nice of you to give me a break".

[@timcoleman2371]

bob lackey I’ve heard the same story too. I’ll bet Lee had to slow down for Clint too! LOL

[@sgcyk]

It´s true i know the scene and the moment!

[@tejastiger61]

A million thanks for sharing this screen gems clip ... BRAVO....! Well done..indeed. LVC was always fantastic caricature actor of the absolute highest order, when ever he is on camera the tension always skyrockets.. "A golden haired angel watches over him"

[@stevedrake604]

One of the classic "Rifeleman" episodes. This is the backstory of how Micah lost use of his right arm and hand. He was the fastest draw and most feared lawman in the West before Van Cleef's character wounded him. Luke loved him like a son to father. Cool shizz. The Rifleman was always a morality play. Great stories of human struggle. Virtue and Honor won the day.

[@mikeyoung9810]

I loved the show but it was a fantasy. One that still today some buy into.

[@norms3913]

No there was another gunslinger that wounded Micah which Micah turned into a town drunk and gave up his Marshall badge

[@nisiriti]

Omg Van Cleef was GORGEOUS. He had fantastic eyes and he knew exactly how to use them! So charming!

[@nancyneville8700]

Lee Van Cleef was the best of the villains with the eyes to match 😍

[@frankherman5195]

You have good taste

[@loudplanetlive5080]

Barkeep at 1:29: Aw, shit. Here we go again...

[@robertfindley2376]

Best damn TV Western ever made. Gunsmoke and Bonanza got all the ratings, but this somehow managed to be both the most exciting and the most genuinely human program in the genre. Could just as well have been called 'A Boy And His Pa'. I just never get tired of watching it...

[@coxgary9267]

This is one of my favorite Rifleman episodes. Van Cleef is the ultimate bad guy.

[@georgesmith3447]

Chuck Conners and Lee Van Cleff…..Two awesome actors!

[@Mike_AR_15]

George Smith ,I have visited both cemeteries I live close by to both of them , Chuck Connors grave is pretty cool it says The Rifleman , Lee Vans Cleef's is a simple grave with a great and very true epithet, it reads "THE BEST OF THE BAD" I go there once in a while, I filmed a video at his resting place it is called "GLOCK 19 VISITING LEE VAN CLEEF'S GRAVE "

[@patriciajensen1541]

GOERGE smith are you from salmon' idaho.?

[@Logan-ns7uj]

Lee Van cleef is the man whoooo

[@cbsbass4142]

One of my favorite heavy's in many great movies I watched with my Dad.

[@elbandido9887]

Lee C nobody ever mentioned Roy Rogers he was pretty good even made a series the Roy Rogers show

[@miltonmoore5294]

My late dad's favorite western villian.

[@josed8961]

I WAS BORN IN 1954, WE GREW UP ON A FARM LIKE THE RIFLE MAN ..WE HAD NO TV--NO ELECTRIC--NO SHOWER--NO TOILET...I WENT TO A FRIEND WHO HAD A T.V AND THE RIFLE MAN WAS THE FIRST T.V. SHOW I EVER SAW, I WAS 8 YEARS OLD TODAY I'M 65..I GREW UP TO BE A WESTERN JUNKIE, I SEEN ALL WESTERNS EXCEPT FOR ROY RODGERS , ROY RODGERS DIDN'T SEEN REAL LIKE THE OTHERS...

[@josewilliammartinez6737]

Uu

[@Slow_Horse]

Lee Van Cleef, what a legend!

[@louismartineau2669]

Yup, Van Cleef stood 6' 2", still, Connors at 6'5½" towers above him..

[@debowiec3]

Yeah, LVC never stood a chance..........innit!!!!!!! Good old Hollywood!!!!!

[@shrapnel77]

Connors usually had to star with actors like LVC, Charleton Heston, Richard Anderson, Michael Ansara because he was so tall. One time though, on Gunsmoke, Connors actually had to wear lifts when co-staring with James Arness. Connors payed a bully, so he had to appear a little bigger than Arness. No matter how tall you are, there is always someone taller.

[@bobbys4327]

@@shrapnel77 The Thing (original one)

[@wandamartin8339]

I wish Hollywood get they head out of the left ass and make good old western like that again.

[@georgewashington6225]

Is that true sodbuster?

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Funny that Conners was so effective as this ramrod straight, and dead serious, hero, but I think in real life he was kind of a cut-up. Loved this show

[@JohnnysCoolStuff]

Bad guys in westerns were always good talkers.

[@miltonmoore5294]

Right! Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke" would let them babble on, then meet up with them somewhere, and as they were poised to draw on him, utter his famous caveat: "Hold it right there!" They wouldn't. Then "BOOM!" End of story.

[@elbandido9887]

Well you can tell Van Cleef is a smoker from his hoarse voice perfect

[@saiyongdawn7756]

"Shoot don't talk." Tucco The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

[@tonybarfridge4369]

John Cox they talk so much they start to make sense 😂

[@Baribrotzer]

They had to be. The good guys barely said anything.

[@mistiya]

Lee was so under rated as an actor.

[@praetorianpatriot3267]

If there ever was a "Black Bart" in the movies it would have been Van Cleaf.

[@Nipit-po8fl]

I remember watching this with my brothers and sisters and my mom and dad. Thanks for the Post y'all be good be safe

[@LRS905]

I can´t determine which one of these two is the most badass. What whe´ve got here is...badass to the max.

[@elvicare35]

+RL R I think it's pretty damn obvious and easy to come to a conclusion, Chuck is THE MAN, chuck out any other notion!!!!!

[@rickjones1281]

One of my fav. Shows growing up and til this day I have those same feelings..Must be 💘 Love.

[@GeoffreyJohns]

These actors were really good

[@elbandido9887]

Geoffrey Johns back then yes they were good actors now you got will Smith and denzel washington opps forgot to use capitals when spelling their names it comes with their acting ratio ratings 0 how can will Smith ever play Jim west in wild wild west it's stupid or they need glasses Robert Conrad is white not black oh well shitty movie

[@Snagglefratz]

"Was that you or your gun talking?" Wrong question.

[@sipo70]

I've always liked Lee Van Cleef.

[@rhondasmith6444]

yip

[@richarde1355]

Yep, and Chuck Connors! I’ve never seen a young Lee Van Cleef; his squint became more steely and bad-ass in later years.

[@gregoryhainsworth2663]

Like Rutger Hauer,Lee Van Cleef was an underrated badass.

[@Kelly14UK]

Well, he played Col. Douglas Mortimer... so, AYE : )

[@claudiacotner1638]

We all did! One time he played a goid guy in a TV movie called US Marshals.

[@soldtobediers]

It tickles me still,to this very day, the way my Dad would come in from work while i was watching Chuck, and make the same comment... Who the Hell's McCain runnin out of town this time? -gilpin 7-26-16

[@sludge4125]

Most of the time, they weren’t in any shape to run.

[@sheiladavis6523]

@@sludge4125 LOL & I agee with you with that statement I also enjoyed Chuck Connor when he played in the tv show Branded it only was on about 1 year -Chuck did a great job playing Jason McCord 📺 & 📺

[@rogeranderson6980]

@@sheiladavis6523I watched Eastwood kill 16.men in the first 5 minutes of the movie. Later in a bar scene you could see the same people.

[@sheiladavis6523]

@@rogeranderson6980 L😀L. you have a very observant eye 👀 that's a good thing to have I would like to see that Clint Eastwood take - out 16 men in 5 minutes wow that's some tough swing shooting can you tell me the name of that movie that scene that was in ? I might have it on D.V.D. & Rogers thank you September 25 , 2019

[@penboyasgod6103]

[@sylviadavila4904]

So THAT'S how Lee Van Cleef lost the tip of his finger.

[@jamesfisher1359]

Arguably, the best ever western on tv. Certainly, the most symbolically phallic opening of any show ever!! Two different camera angles of a headless cowboy repeatedly "blowing his load" walking down a street. When they finally go full frame and show Chuck's face, his expression might be described as "Nailed it!"

[@therifleman5611]

Always loved the show The Rifleman, I still watch it to this day whenever they show it.

[@anthonystroman8407]

Lee van Cleef was one of my favorite actors.

[@DementedCaver]

Shooting someones whiskey is a total party foul.

[@jeevesso]

I Love watching clips from some of my old favourite TV series, and looking closely for some of the character actors who later appeared in other Classics. Epic Rifleman never gets old!

[@Mdebacle]

I remember Mad Magazine version of The Rifleman. First panel Lucas was telling his son, "I'm a peace lovin' man." Second panel had bodies with flies buzzing around. Lucas says, "And there ain't nuthin' more peaceful than a corpse."

[@buckfan1969]

Now THAT'S something I haven't thought about in decades; Mad Magazine! My favorite parts were the fold-in and Spy vs. Spy. Thanks for reminding me of all that stuff.

[@kascally]

Don't forget Don Martin.

[@emmagaston521]

Mdebacle cu I9 Kia m. By 7

[@satchhuntzhall1]

and don't forget he gets shot full of holes by Gail Davis aka Annie Oakley in the end

[@mr.wizard2974]

Mdebacle do you remember Mad magazines depiction of Bat Masterson. Everybody is sitting in the saloon and Bat Masterson flys in over the swinging doors. lol

[@donnadonna9907]

Sorry my phone is down and I'm in bed , busted up . I met Chuck Conners in 1976 taking him from Philly airport to a hotel. I was 19. ( Do the math ) we talked about his favorite thing, baseball. He was the nicest gentlemen you could meet. I'll always consider myself blessed for meeting him. Rich

[@elbandido9887]

Donna Donna I thought you were going to say he punched you - Chucks a tall dude and Lee is abaut my hight looks small but hight size can be unpredictable

[@ironhorse127]

He was quite a baseball player. Drafted as a first baseman I believe. Stood 6’6” tall

[@BloodylocksBathory]

He's not that young in this production, but compared to his work in the spaghetti westerns, this makes me go "awww just a little baba".

[@MustafaJackson]

THE RIFLEMAN was one of the best Westerns from back in the day; I really miss those shows. Great post MrBILLESPIE.

[@bobnic8283]

Two great actors that starred in some wonderful films. Chuck was terrific in The Big Country, and Lee was brilliant in Good, Bad and the Ugly.

[@777WorldPeaceFreedom]

Angel Eyes meets Geronimo!

[@johnrogers9481]

Ah ha.!

[@DorethaSmith]

I met him at the produce counter , sensing a presence to the right of me I glanced over ,all I saw was pants, following the pants up ,I was shocked to see Connors face to face,we talked for a spell at the checkout and I was on my way.A brief but lasting meeting .

[@cliffordtan8799]

One of my favourite western. The Rifleman! Love the straight-talking, no-nonsense hero!

[@johnTardyMetallover7]

Lee was a hottie from back then. A true talent. He still lives in many people's hearts and now mine. I'm a new fan

[@claudivannonato5958]

Lee Van Cleef era "o cara" em qualquer situação. Artistas como esse só faz é falta!

[@mrpentium]

so I guess he answered the question......the gun was talking.

[@sludge4125]

That’s my thought, also! :)

[@robertthomas5906]

What they story didn't show is the bullets kept on going. The one that shot the bottle continued through the wall and killed a mother on the other side. The other shot that hit the shot glass continued on through the wall and killed a little girl. It's stupid stuff like that kills people. They hanged the rifleman the next day. Dan (Lee Van Cleef) was there and said - Ha ha. No gun to talk now.

[@mrpentium]

@@robertthomas5906 So what were a mother and daughter doing in a saloon ?

[@angelomezzadri2463]

Lee Van Cleef, Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, three American actors that will be NEVER forget in Italy.Also James Coburn and Rod Steiger.

[@wilrobles9824]

I watched the Rifleman as a child. Still do as a senior citizen. Some things never change. Thank God.

[@dalecole5315]

Two guys walk into a Bar and sees a dog licking himself. One of the guys says , wish I could do that! The other ones says," Me too, but he mite Bite" !

[@budprepper3811]

"that's enough, you're riding outa here right now"

[@emperorpawpateen.9992]

We need to say that to Biden

[@elizabethjordan5755]

@@emperorpawpateen.9992 No. We need to say that to Trump. He's over stayed his visit.

[@emperorpawpateen.9992]

@@elizabethjordan5755 whatever, butthurt idiot.

[@elizabethjordan5755]

@@emperorpawpateen.9992 Shut up, fool.

[@emperorpawpateen.9992]

@@elizabethjordan5755 if you voted for the pedophile old pervert, then who's the fool?

[@johnathanryan2117]

Used to live these style of westerns in England. Sunday midday telly. Love how the only four folk relevant to the discussion theyre having are the only four in the scene too. No one else in the pub , sorry..bar...no passers by and no onlookers. Great stuff. Lee Van Cleef got to be one of the all time great villains.

[@kaylamarie8309]

That's a young Lee Van Cleef! 🙂

[@DrewSohl]

There was 4 great bad guys in westerns.Jack Palance,Lee van Cleef,Strother Martin,and L.Q.Jones.The best.

[@domainofthesun4400]

James Longstreet Jack Palance was too mannered for me... Agree about the rest

[@miltonmoore5294]

Leo Gordon and Lee van Cleef we're the best! John Doucette was FANTASTIC, but never hit the "big time." He was a villian in many LONE RANGER tv episodes. Came back to add in Robert Ryan! Mucho tough, and one of the all-time greats!

[@hallowland1]

you forgot Lee Marvin Neville Brand and Eli Wallach of course

[@dannyhemphill7618]

John Anderson musta been in a half dozen Rifleman episodes and always a bad guy. Also Warren Oates always was a bad guy as well.

[@inkey2]

OH COME ON.......character Jack Elam should be in on that list

[@miltonmoore5294]

Lee Van Cleef was the best of the smirking, sinister-faced badmen. Leo Gordon was right with him. The epitaph on Cleef's headstone reads: "THE BEST OF THE BAD."

[@markharrison2544]

I liked the two westerns he did with Leif Garrett.

[@herbpetrillo163]

Don't forget william smith...

[@larrybridges3202]

oh man chuck connors my favorite.and lee vancleef.man that guy could portray a bad ass dude.he was one hell of an actor

[@johnkennedy528]

On his headstone it is engraved "The best of the Bad". You were awesome Lee, God Speed to you.

[@Agorante]

Chuck Connors was a real athlete. He was a professional baseball player and before that he was a pro basketball player. He played center for the Boston Celtics. That was before Bill Russel. Playing both baseball and basketball ain't easy. Michael Jordan tried to do as much but failed.

[@billwilson3665]

He was the first person to break a backboard.

[@georgewashington6225]

Is that true sodbuster?

[@anababic1008]

Patrick Boyle At that level I’d say he did it the best along with Danny Ainge !

[@weinerschnitzelrock1]

whoa nellie --you can only call the rifleman a sodbuster one too many times without getting a hatfull of lead sprayed your way!

[@RoccoFlamefart]

A big ugly sodbuster at that. Somebody explain to me why Chuck shoots right handed in the opening credits and a few episodes but usually shoots bad guys lefthanded. It can't be easy to rapid fire that piece with either hand.

[@budprepper3811]

RoccoFlamefart it's in the script lol

[@RoccoFlamefart]

That's the best explanation so far.

[@akeeperofoddknowledge4956]

+RoccoFlamefart ; Chuck Connors was ambi-dexterous. Therefore, so was Lucas McCain.

[@jamesha175]

whoa nellie!

[@MrBILLESPIE]

Lee Van Cleef (Dan Mowry) shares a drink with The Rifleman (Chuck Connors)This was their first scene together. Although, Van Cleef stood over six feet tall, at nearly 6'6", Connors towers above him. Van Cleef would go on to appear in a total of 4 "RIFLEMAN" episodes.....Mr. Billespie.

[@hanoitripper1809]

Old post but wiki says connors was only 196 cm.

[@mickybrennan3489]

Brings back my childhood, loved watching the rifleman.

[@dewerbylhserf]

the rifleman was my favorite

[@elbandido9887]

dewerbylhserf, Try Richard Boone Have gun will travel.

[@penboyasgod6103]

@@elbandido9887 Not as good as _The Rifleman_

[@Chaos1214]

I loved "The Rifleman" when I was a kid... For some reason, though he never said anything our loud, I could tell my father didn't think much of it. Years later the subject came up, somehow, and I asked him why he didn't like it. He said because it was unrealistic. A man with a young son like he had wouldn't be so eager for violent, possibly fatal confrontations... Go figure.

[@howardjmn]

Many baseball connections for The Rifleman. Chuck Connors played part of a season with the Cubs. Marshal Michael (Mike) Torrez pitched for many teams from the late 60s through the mid 80s. Johnny Crawford's son Carl plays for the Dodgers and his nephew Brandon plays short for the Giants.

[@18661873]

Connors was married three times but I heard in certain Hollywood circles that he was gay. Any truth to that?

[@boostboost8567]

Carl Crawford of Dodgers? He is afro American.... different Crawford maybe? Brandon is white..

[@MrWadsox]

@@boostboost8567 "If baseball was any slower it would be farming".......Bill Maher.

[@tv2109]

this was one of my favorite scenes-loved this show

[@Joez86]

One of the greatest shows in TV history.

[@cbsbass4142]

Then Ol' Lee rode off into the Sunset, just to get shot by Clint Eastwood. LOL

[@nancyneville8700]

Better to get shot by Clint Eastwood than some no name cowboy

[@johndickson9542]

@@nancyneville8700 No name? This was the Rifleman.

[@robertthomas5906]

@@johndickson9542 Like he said, no name cowboy.

[@loudplanetlive5080]

"Big ugly sodbuster", Lee? This is not the way you want to start a conversation with Lucas McCain. You didn't listen to that cellmate in Yuma very well. McCain is is a straight up killing machine.

[@cbsbass4142]

they had to invent the Gatling gun just to keep up with his rate of fire.

[@ronaldmcreynolds7345]

I can see them filming this and when Lee says that to Chuck, the both of them coming out of character and laughing. It's a great line and very funny. I bet it took a few takes to get them past that line.

[@norms3913]

Loud Planet Live he just had a pure thirst for drinking whiskey lol

[@matt7iron]

van cleef is a drifter, Connors is a sodbuster, a sodbuster is a cowboy was has a farm and cattle.

[@rahkinrah1963]

...but he sipped his beer.

[@viktoriaironpride4977]

Lee Van Cleef also had a bit part (but a very important one) in the Sci-Fi classic, "Beast From 20,000 Fathoms." He played the sharpshooter who fires the lethal shell at the monster who is chowing down on the roller coaster. The film is in black and white, and we see LVC in profile at first, but he is easily recognizable.

[@terrence284]

Lee Van cleef was and still is the Man !!

[@merrune786]

Thanks so much for sharing all these rare Van Cleef clips. He's one of my favorites.

[@violentshemp7776]

he really likes his guitars! jeez

[@dr.ofdubiouswisdom4189]

Lee Van Cleef had this ' sumpthin' bad is about to happen ' screen presence.

[@coxgary9267]

You got two of the best western actors in one episode. You can't go wrong.

[@MsTwinkle101]

Angel eyes 😁

[@cflo1386]

+MissTwinkle101 Tuco!

[@timeless_realm]

MissTwinkle101 talking about Clint

[@elbandido9887]

MissTwinkle101 what about Blonde and Tooko we are all alone in the worldyou see my tears ☹️

[@silverhorder1969]

Yes Blondie, if I were all alone in the world and about to die, I would tell. Yes I would tell the name on the grave..

[@silverhorder1969]

That was one of my favorite lines! I can’t stand watching the crap on TV today! The old shows are the best!

[@juiceski30]

LEVER ACTION FOR LIFE!

[@josemorenoguerrero9625]

Fox Blue River o

[@Mike583]

I just got home earlier today, turned on The Rifleman on ME TV, it was just going off. Mr.Van Cleef played a gunfighter,& it was from '62. Sure wish I'd been able to see all of it! I'm sure I'd seen it at one time,but couldn't remember it!♡

[@ronfazer2423]

I have been using the ol' Sod Buster line for years. Thanks to the show

[@anzatzi]

"sodbuster", classic

[@bernangalean4897]

"I live my life to accoording what Lucas McCain would do"

[@mikeyoung9810]

It would be better to live your life based on reality. Not what a tv character would do who was written to always win.

[@ks2xgaks2xga]

@@mikeyoung9810 That might have been sarcasm...

[@1963dodgeboy]

Angel Eyes, we'll never see another like him. R.I.P.

[@thomaswalsh5097]

I met Lee Van Cleef in the middle 80s at a car dealership in New Jersey . He looked like a bad hombre. Yes, I told him that also.

[@DrewSohl]

Thomas Walsh ,Isn't Lee from N.J.?

[@Firebrand55]

Lee Van did enough here to send Connors to the shallows; he was the man.

[@joehart7260]

Branded, with Chuck Connors as Jason McCord was on around the same time as this, but I always preferred The Rifleman.

[@robharding4028]

Such a classic 60's cowboy show, Loved it.We were spoilt for choice , Bonanza, Wagontrain, Rawhide, Sugarfoot, and The Rifleman. What a collection !!

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

where were you in '60's?

[@robharding4028]

@@davidjones-vx9ju Watching westerns !

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

@@robharding4028 in england?

[@robharding4028]

@@davidjones-vx9ju Yes, Blackburn, an old cotton town in Lancashire , England !

[@KevinJohnson-jc9ju]

I get The Riffleman on every Saturday morning from 6-10. As a kid I didn't see this show boy im making up for it now..The GOOD the BAD and the UGLY... Lee Van Cleef played his bad guy parts so well.

[@jimstultz3345]

When I get paid I always see my job through.

[@QuantumPyrite_88.9]

Van Cleef was so cool ... he shit dry ice . I admired him over any so called good guy .

[@frankherman5195]

Lee Van Cleef....awesome actor

[@urbancommute5239]

Two massive legends !!!! the good old days , what a memory.