World Famous Comics: Rawhide: Season Three, Vol. 1
Rawhide: Season Three, Vol. 1
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eric Fleming Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Box set, Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Paramount Number of Items: 4 Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 27, 2008 Running Time: 777 minutes
Description: 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.
Amazon.com: "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 3 volume 1 I love Rawhide. I was thrilled to learn that I could purchase the dvds from amazon. The delivery was prompt and the dvds were in excellent condition. I'm looking forward to purchasing Rawhide season 3 volume 2.
Rawhide: Season Three Vol I I'm a big fan of Rawhide, and have all the DVDs released, so far. Don't like the splitting up of the season into volumes. Just put the entire season in one package, as it belongs.
Good choice made by CBS/Paramount If you like this series, you'll love this. it's great to be able to watch the episodes with no commercials. The video quality is excellent and the packaging is also great. I have all the previous seasons and can hardly wait until CBS/Paramount releases Volume Two of the third season, due soon I believe. The package contains 4 discs of 15 episodes, very worthwhile in my view, for the price. Clint Eastwood is interesting to watch in this series, given his now star status. It is unfortunate that Eric Fleming was drowned in a water filming accident. I would have liked to seen more of him.
Rowdy doings The only negative is these 1/2 season volumes. I hope this never spills over into shows like Lost. As for positives I only need to mention Gil, Rowdy and Wishbone. They never cease to amaze me how much trouble they seem to get into and out of.
Keep them coming.
Rawhide season 3 volume 1 Rawhide: Season Three, Vol. 1 In my opinion Rawhide was one of the three greatest westerns of all time right ahead of Bonanza but behind Gunsmoke. I got hooked on it when it used to be shown on the Hallmark Channel. The stories basically revolve around the cattle drive, the drovers, and their interactions with the different people they meet along the trail. The stories are very interesting and take us back to a time I wished I had lived in. Very well written show and the only one of its kind.
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