Rawhide is an American Western series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood that aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959[1] to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965 until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes. The series was produced and sometimes directed by Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced early episodes of Gunsmoke.
Spanning seven and a half years, Rawhide was the fifth-longest-running Ameri
can television Western, exceeded only by eight years of Wagon Train, nine years of The Virginian, fourteen years of Bonanza, and twenty years of Gunsmoke.
Set in the 1860s, Rawhide portrays the challenges faced by the men of a cattle drive. There are 20–25 riders looking after 3,000 head of cattle. The cattle drive begins in San Antonio, Texas, and makes its way along the Sedalia Trail (Sedalia, the final destination, is in Missouri about 50 miles east from Kansas City). In later seasons Favor and crew push the cattle up the newer Chisum trail rather than the Sedalia Trail.
The herd is estimated to be worth about $50,000–60,000 (about 1.3 million in 2010 dollars if sold at market and represents a pool of cattle from approximately 200 owners. The trail boss carries a considerable sum of cash for all necessities and all possible emergencies. Pay was a dollar a day and "all you can eat" for the drovers. Riding drag was often a punishment since it was behind the herd, so a rider would pick up all of the herd's dust. Drives had a remuda, a pool of extra horses. If something happened to a man's horse, he would be useless without an instant replacement.
Regular cast members included:
- Eric Fleming as trailboss Gil Favor (seasons 1 to 7)
- Clint Eastwood as ramrod (and trailboss in season 8) Rowdy Yates
- Paul Brinegar as the cantankerous cook, George Washington Wishbone
- Robert Cabal as the wrangler, Jesús "Hey Soos" Patines
- James Murdock as the cook's unfortunate assistant, Harkness "Mushy" Mushgrove III
- Steve Raines as rider Jim Quince
- Rocky Shahan as rider Joe Scarlet
- Sheb Wooley as scout Pete Nolan (seasons 1 to 4, later season 7 nine episodes)
- John Ireland as Jed Colby (season 8 only)
- Raymond St. Jacques as rider Simon Blake (season 8 only)
- Charles H. Gray as Clay Forrester (seasons 4 and 5 only, one appearance in season 6)
- William R.Thompkins as Toothless (seasons 5, 6, one appearance in season 7)
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