"Rawhide" (1959) TV series 1959-1966

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

9 January 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Western

Plot:

Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Cattle Drive | One Word Title | Cult TV | Cult Western

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Rowdy Yates (217 episodes, 1959-1965)
Paul Brinegar	...	Wishbone (215 episodes, 1959-1965)
Steve Raines	...	Jim Quince (214 episodes, 1959-1965)
Eric Fleming	...	Gil Favor (202 episodes, 1959-1965)
James Murdock	...	Mushy (202 episodes, 1959-1965)
Rocky Shahan	...	Joe Scarlet (181 episodes, 1959-1965)
Robert Cabal	...	Hey Soos (112 episodes, 1959-1965)
Sheb Wooley	...	Pete Nolan (110 episodes, 1959-1965)

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Series Directed by
Thomas Carr		(26 episodes, 1962-1965)
Ted Post		(24 episodes, 1959-1964)
Christian Nyby		(14 episodes, 1962-1964)
Harmon Jones		(13 episodes, 1959-1965)
Jesse Hibbs		(11 episodes, 1959-1965)
Jus Addiss		(10 episodes, 1961-1965)
Don McDougall		(9 episodes, 1962-1963)
R.G. Springsteen		(8 episodes, 1960-1961)
George Templeton		(8 episodes, 1961-1962)
Andrew V. McLaglen		(6 episodes, 1959-1962)
Stuart Heisler		(6 episodes, 1959-1960)
Joseph Kane		(6 episodes, 1960)
Sobey Martin		(6 episodes, 1961-1962)
Charles Marquis Warren		(5 episodes, 1959-1960)
Michael O'Herlihy		(5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jack Arnold		(4 episodes, 1959-1964)
Anton Leader		(4 episodes, 1961-1965)
Harry Harris		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Richard Whorf		(3 episodes, 1959-1965)
Robert L. Friend		(3 episodes, 1961-1965)
Tay Garnett		(3 episodes, 1962)
Bernard L. Kowalski		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Vincent McEveety		(3 episodes, 1964)
George Sherman		(2 episodes, 1959)
Gerd Oswald		(2 episodes, 1960-1965)
Gene Fowler Jr.		(2 episodes, 1960)
Murray Golden		(2 episodes, 1962)
Herschel Daugherty		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Philip Leacock		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bernard McEveety		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Sutton Roley		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Writing credits
Louis Vittes		(30 episodes, 1959-1965)
John Dunkel		(24 episodes, 1959-1965)
Charles Larson		(20 episodes, 1959-1964)
Buckley Angell		(13 episodes, 1959-1965)
Albert Aley		(9 episodes, 1961-1964)
Fred Freiberger		(8 episodes, 1959-1962)
Paul King		(8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Winston Miller		(7 episodes, 1959-1962)
Samuel Roeca		(7 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jack Turley		(6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jan Winters		(5 episodes, 1959-1961)
Elliott Arnold		(5 episodes, 1962-1965)
Dean Riesner		(5 episodes, 1963-1964)
Al C. Ward		(4 episodes, 1959-1963)
David Lang		(4 episodes, 1959-1961)
Carey Wilber		(4 episodes, 1962-1964)
John Hawkins		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert Lewin		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Endre Bohem		(3 episodes, 1959-1962)
Oliver Crawford		(3 episodes, 1959)
Herbert Little Jr.		(3 episodes, 1959)
David Victor		(3 episodes, 1959)
Tom Seller		(3 episodes, 1961-1965)
Chris Miller		(3 episodes, 1961-1964)
Robert Lees		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Richard Carr		(3 episodes, 1964)
Walter Black		(3 episodes, 1965)
N.B. Stone Jr.		(2 episodes, 1959-1965)
James Edmiston		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Curtis Kenyon		(2 episodes, 1959-1960)
Herbert Purdom		(2 episodes, 1959)
Wilton Schiller		(2 episodes, 1960-1962)
Ted Gardner		(2 episodes, 1960)
Jack Curtis		(2 episodes, 1961-1965)
Eric Fleming		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Ward Hawkins		(2 episodes, 1962-1965)
Richard Fielder		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Joseph Petracca		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Cliff Gould		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Mantley		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Sam Ross		(2 episodes, 1964)
Clyde Ware		(2 episodes, 1964)
Robert Bloomfield		(2 episodes, 1965)
Mort R. Lewis		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Produced by
Charles Marquis Warren	....	producer (67 episodes, 1959-1961)
Ernest J. Nims	....	associate producer (50 episodes, 1959-1961)
Endre Bohem	....	producer / associate producer / ... (26 episodes, 1960-1962)
Vincent M. Fennelly	....	producer (20 episodes, 1962-1964)
Mel Epstein	....	associate producer (15 episodes, 1961-1962)
A.C. Lyles	....	associate producer (9 episodes, 1959)
Paul King	....	associate producer (9 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bruce Geller	....	producer (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bernard L. Kowalski	....	producer (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Del Reisman	....	associate producer (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert E. Thompson	....	producer / associate producer (4 episodes, 1965)
Ben Brady	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 1965)
Robert Stillman	....	associate producer (3 episodes, 1965)

Series Original Music by
Rudy Schrager		(5 episodes, 1964-1965)
Fred Steiner		(4 episodes, 1962-1964)
Nathan Scott		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bernard Herrmann		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Cinematography by
John M. Nickolaus Jr.		(63 episodes, 1959-1962)
Jack Swain		(34 episodes, 1961-1964)
Philip H. Lathrop		(9 episodes, 1959)
Howard Schwartz		(6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Neal Beckner		(3 episodes, 1965)

Series Film Editing by
George A. Gittens		(37 episodes, 1959-1964)
Roland Gross		(32 episodes, 1959-1964)
James Baiotto		(26 episodes, 1959-1964)
Leon Barsha		(4 episodes, 1964)
Jack Kampschroer		(3 episodes, 1959-1960)
George Watters		(3 episodes, 1964)
Gene Fowler Jr.		(3 episodes, 1965)
Frank Gross		(2 episodes, 1959)

Series Casting by
Russel Trost		(94 episodes, 1959-1964)
James Lister		(10 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Art Direction by
John B. Goodman		(106 episodes, 1959-1965)
George W. Davis		(20 episodes, 1961-1962)
Robert Clatworthy		(9 episodes, 1959)
Alexander Golitzen		(9 episodes, 1959)

Series Set Decoration by
Ray Jeffers		(61 episodes, 1959-1961)
Donald E. Webb		(32 episodes, 1962-1965)
Budd Friend		(17 episodes, 1961-1962)
Russell A. Gausman		(9 episodes, 1959)

Series Makeup Department
Jack Dusick	....	makeup artist (53 episodes, 1959-1961)
Don Schoenfeld	....	makeup artist (16 episodes, 1963-1965)
Ernie Parks	....	makeup artist (12 episodes, 1962-1963)
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist (9 episodes, 1959)
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist (9 episodes, 1959)

Series Production Management
Harry Templeton	....	production manager / unit production manager (114 episodes, 1959-1965)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Templeton	....	assistant director (27 episodes, 1959-1961)
Bert Chervin	....	assistant director (25 episodes, 1959-1961)
Jack Voglin	....	assistant director (20 episodes, 1961-1963)
Kurt Neumann	....	assistant director (14 episodes, 1961-1963)
Dick Gallegly	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Terence Nelson	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1959)
Edward Haldeman	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Lee H. Katzin	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1964)
James Welch	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1959)

Series Art Department
Anthony Bavero	....	property master (29 episodes, 1959-1965)

Series Sound Department
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor / supervising sound editor / ... (70 episodes, 1959-1962)
Larry Jost	....	sound mixer (43 episodes, 1959-1961)
Gene Eliot	....	sound effects / sound effects editor (21 episodes, 1962-1965)
Stephen Bass	....	sound mixer (21 episodes, 1962-1964)
Fred Faust	....	sound mixer (20 episodes, 1961-1962)
King Guidice	....	sound effects editor (8 episodes, 1960-1961)
Leslie I. Carey	....	sound (7 episodes, 1959)
Jean G. Valentino	....	sound mixer (7 episodes, 1959)
Vernon W. Kramer	....	sound (6 episodes, 1959)
Jack A. Finlay	....	sound effects (3 episodes, 1965)

Series Stunts
Bobby Somers	....	stunts (10 episodes, 1959-1964)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dick James	....	wardrobe supervisor (1 episode, 1959)

Series Editorial Department
Art Seid	....	editorial supervisor (1 episode, 1959)

Series Music Department
John Elizalde	....	music editor (31 episodes, 1959-1961)
Don B. Ray	....	music supervisor (27 episodes, 1960-1962)
Gene Feldman	....	music editor (24 episodes, 1962-1965)
Leon Klatzkin	....	music supervisor / conductor (20 episodes, 1961-1964)
Milton Anderson	....	music supervisor (18 episodes, 1959-1960)
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	composer: theme music (16 episodes, 1962-1964)
Herschel Burke Gilbert	....	music supervisor / conductor (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Fred Steiner	....	conductor (3 episodes, 1962-1964)
Nathan Scott	....	conductor (2 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Other crew
Endre Bohem	....	story editor / story consultant (59 episodes, 1959-1961)
Lou Morheim	....	story consultant (17 episodes, 1961-1962)
Paul King	....	story consultant (13 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jack Mitchell	....	assistant to producer (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Herman Miller	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1965)
Michel Saleh	....	technical advisor (2 episodes, 1960-1962)

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Distributors

• CBS Films (1966-1971) (worldwide) (TV)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1959-1966) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• First Draw Video (video)
• Fox Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Television
• Viacom

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Colgate-Palmolive Company  original sponsor: Rapid Shave shaving cream
• Drackett  original sponsor (Windex, Drano drain cleaner)
• Philip Morris Cigarettes  original sponsor: Marlboro cigarettes

Runtime:

60 min (217 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In some episodes Gil Favor is seen wearing Wrangler jeans - rivets and the trademark "W" on two pockets. The Wrangler brand wasn't sold until 1947.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Spike's Guys Choice (2009) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Rawhide Theme

"Move 'em out!"

Currently on METOO's new schedule at 4 pm on weekdays, right after "Maverick" and right before "Wild, Wild West" (followed by "Star Trek").

Don't know if I ever actually saw an episode of it when it was originally on, but I'm really captivated by it. Offbeat, unusual, surreal stories set in a mythical West. Kind of the "Naked City" of Westerns.

And the guest stars are there: Dan Duryea, Lyle Bettger, Brian Donlevy, MacDonald Carey, Rick Jason (as a treacherous Mexican), a young Dick Van Patten, Jack Lord, Noah Berry, Jr. (as a colorful Mexican), Martha Hyer, Marguerite Chapman, even Ann Robinson ("War of the Worlds"), Gloria Talbott ("I Married a Monster from Outer Space")

It ran for EIGHT SEASONS, over 200 episodes, from January, 1959, to December, 1965.

Eric Fleming is quite remarkable as trail boss Gil Favor, the most stolid man that's ever lived, with the code of honor of a Samurai, and just the right balance between toughness and open-handedness. I would vote for him for President any day. (P.S. He had a very interesting biography: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281661/ )

And a young Clint Eastwood is quite striking as his impulsive right hand, "Rowdy" Yates. Also, veteran Western actor and country music figure (the immortal "One-eyed, One-horned, Flying Purple People Eater") Sheb Wooley is there as seasoned scout Pete Nolan. And Paul Brinegar makes the most cantankerous character of a cook you could ask for as "Wishbone".

And then there's that great theme song, performed by the immortal Frankie Laine. (Between that and the "Maverick" theme, I've got Western theme songs running through my head all day.)

I look forward to every episode; I'm collecting the whole set. A good time (not to mention a moo-ving experience) is always guaranteed, as one waits to see if the boys will get their difficulties straightened out before the commercial.

"Rollin', rollin', rollin' . . . "