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List Price: $39.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 12028
Released: May 27, 2008 |
| Our Price: $23.81 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The tale of Gil Favor, trail boss, and Rowdy Yates, his assistant, as they drive cattle across the old West. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
Description of Rawhide: Season Three, Vol. 1:
"It’s always something," says grizzled cook Wishbone (Paul Brinegar) at one point to trail boss Gil Favor (Eric Fleming) after yet another crisis stalls their cattle drive. In the episode "Incident at Rojo Canyon," it’s a band of Confederate soldiers still fighting the Civil War. In "Incident of the Promised Land," it’s a bank scare and an embittered widow who strand the men without any money. But Rawhide was always more about character than cattle, blending gritty western action with compelling human drama. In "Incident on the Road to Yesterday," Frankie Laine (who sings the show’s essential theme song) guests stars as a reformed outlaw trying to square his former misdeeds before turning himself in, only to discover he’s being framed for murder. Anchored by Fleming, Rawhide was an ensemble series, although the presence of Clint Eastwood as Favor’s protégé Rowdy Yates, is of more immediate interest. Among his finest hours are "Incident of the Buffalo Soldier," featuring Woody Strode as a defiant African-American soldier on the run after killing a man in self defense, and "Incident at Poco Tiempo," in which Rowdy befriends two nuns being forced by two bank robbers to transport stolen money. Some of the most memorable of these episodes have little or no Clint at all. The best is "Incident of the Slavemaster," featuring Peter Lorre as a deranged cotton planter who is still keeping Union soldiers as prisoners. James Murdock’s good-hearted, but simple-minded Mushy is the focus of a light-hearted episode, "Incident of the Captive," in which he stages the kidnapping of his mother (Mercedes McCambridge, the voice of the Devil in The Exorcist), who has come to bring him home (who knew he ran away from home at 17 and that his real name was Harkness Musgrove III?). Rawhide used the western genre to tackle some timely issues, including racism ("Buffalo Soldier") and the neglect of war veterans ("Incident at the Top of the World," featuring Robert Culp as a morphine-addicted soldier). Through it all, Favor guides the herd and his men with a cool head, firm leadership, and unwavering principles. Even if you missed Season One and Season Two, the authentic stories, vivid characters, and indelible performances make it easy to pick up Rawhide’s trail. These episodes, indeed this classic series, are USDA prime. --Donald Liebenson
Rawhide: Season Three, Vol. 1 Reviews:
Sedalia at last! 
2009-07-12 - Well pardners I don't have to tell you the true believers that this is a great season of a great show! Because dag nabbit you know it already you jaspers!...LOL
My favorite eps in this set are...
Season 3, Episode 5: Incident of the Slavemaster (Peter Lorre as the mad slave owner of Union prisoners! Priceless!)
Season 3, Episode 8: Incident at Poco Tiempo (The best ep here in my opinion that centers on Rowdy and Quince. Beautifully done and I fell in love with the saloon girl!...LOL)
Season 3, Episode 10: Incident of the Buffalo Soldier (Woody Strode as the ornery black soldier who just can't get past the chip on his soldier...Or does he?)
Season 3, Episode 13: Incident Near the Promised Land (Sedalia at last! But can we sell the beeves??)
Season 3, Episode 14: Incident of the Big Blowout (Let's hit the town boys!)
Season 3, Episode 15: Incident of the Fish Out of Water (Back east we go with Gil and Pete and Wishbone to see the Boss's daughters!)
Better times
2009-06-23 - I will get the entire series. This is not one of those shows that when you watch them you wonder why you ever enjoyed it the first time.
rawhide
2009-01-30 - I received mij dvd's in time, but I can't see the films of my youth favorites Gil Favor and Rowdy Yates, because mij dvd-player doesn't read the disc because of a regiocode which is not compatible with my Dutch dvd-player> So I have a serious problem, Wieger Rozema
Another Classic TV Show
2009-01-21 - Head'em up Move them out, top show with great cast and in this dvd set some yop special guest stars appear on it. keep these dvd's coming of Rawhide i hope they will bring out the whole complete series out soon!!
This series is the GREATEST!
2009-01-07 - The Rawhide experience deepens a little bit with each passing episode, I am thoroughly enjoying each & every one. By the end of each 1/2 season volume, I find myself anxiously anticipating the release of the next volume, for my Rawhide "fix".
Keep these seasons coming, I'm buying every one! :D
