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The Best Episodes of Rawhide

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they...

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  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Incident of the Dust Flower

    S2:E20

    A posse gives up looking for two outlaws, Vance and his partner. They come upon the body of a lawyer ambushed by indians. Vance decides to pose as Jonathan Williams attorney at law.

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  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Incident at Jacob's Well

    S2:E5

    Rowdy is saved from falling down a well by a woman. Later, the woman's family and friends manage to steal the drovers' horses.

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  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Incident of the Stalking Death

    S2:E9

    Gil shoots and wounds a puma while while out scouting for the cattle drive. The puma escaped and kills the young son of a local rancher's widow. Gil and the guys go on the hunt for the puma along with a friend of the widow (Cesar Romero) who also happens to want to kill Gil because he's jealous of the attention the widow shows Gil.

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  4. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Incident of the Sharpshooter

    S2:E19

    An outlaw usurps a dead man's identity and he is heading for the next town along with the drovers. When Rowdy gets in the middle of his business he finds himself in serious trouble and it is up to Mr. Favor to figure out a way of saving him.

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  5. 8.5/10(99 votes)

    #5 - Incident on the Road to Yesterday

    S3:E6

    Ralph Bartlet asks Favor to return $250 to a stage line he held up and to check on his first love.

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  6. 8.5/10(130 votes)

    #6 - The Sendoff

    S4:E2

    The drovers are beating the scrub for strays. Favor finds wagon remains and twelve graves.

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  8. 8.5/10(138 votes)

    #7 - The Peddler

    S4:E15

    The drovers discover peddler Mendel J. Sorkin trying to drive a small herd of cattle all by himself. Mendel wants to sell the herd in a nearby town and use the money to return to his native country.

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  9. 8.4/10(127 votes)

    #8 - Incident of the Portrait

    S5:E3

    Frank Trask enters the Curtis' at night through a window. He's hungry and takes a picture of a woman. Raymond Curtis hears a noise and checks it outs. Trask knocks him out. Marion, the woman in the picture, ""sees"" Trask leave.

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  10. 8.3/10(120 votes)

    #9 - Incident at Dragoon Crossing

    S3:E3

    An ailing Favor asks John Cord to take over the herd. He heads them to Dragoon Crossing where the Bates boys demanded tribute when he brought his herd through.

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    Director:Ted Post
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  11. 8.3/10(121 votes)

    #10 - Incident of the Fish Out of Water

    S3:E15

    Favor returns to Philadelphia to see his two daughters. Another passenger is Ogala, Chief of the Pawnee. He is going to be in a wild west show.

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  12. 8.3/10(112 votes)

    #11 - Incident in the Middle of Nowhere

    S3:E22

    Favor and Rowdy come upon a ballet in the middle of nowhere. A search for a pass and water leads to villians looking for gold.

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  13. 8.3/10(110 votes)

    #12 - The Long Count

    S4:E13

    Martha Hastings is running a way station for outlaws. Rowdy, Pete and Wish are hired as census takers.

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs
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  14. 8.3/10(118 votes)

    #13 - The Woman Trap

    S4:E16

    Pete and Rowdy find a whole herd of good looking women heading to Fort Worth to get married.

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  15. 8.3/10(118 votes)

    #14 - Incident of the Reluctant Bridegroom

    S5:E11

    Rowdy gets drugged in a bar with Shelia, the bar owner's girl and wakes up married to her.

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  16. 8.3/10(106 votes)

    #15 - Incident of Iron Bull

    S6:E2

    Joseph a Comanche is hired after returning the remuda. Colonel Macklin and Sargeant Graogan are accompanting the herd as far as Waycross.

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  17. 8.3/10(96 votes)

    #16 - Incident at Hourglass

    S6:E23

    The herd needs to get through Hourglass pass where the army is preparing to blast for a dam. Favor's hometown friend is married to the Post Adjutant. When she kills an officer, she lies to get Favor convicted of the murder.

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  18. 8.3/10(104 votes)

    #17 - Incident at Seven Fingers

    S6:E29

    Sam Turner steals Rowdy's horse. Sam is an escapee from the army guardhouse, charges with breaking and running in the face of fire. Rowdy's horse goes lame. Rowdy catches Sam and offers him a job. Captain Coulter and his men rush into camp and arrests Sam. Favor says things don't add up and comes to his defense.

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  19. 8.2/10(271 votes)

    #18 - Incident with an Executioner

    S1:E3

    A stage load of passengers being chased by the man with the black satchel wrecks. Favor takes them to his camp. The man is a hired executioner after someone from the stage or the herd.

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  20. 8.2/10(111 votes)

    #19 - Incident at Rojo Canyon

    S3:E1

    Favor and a calvary detachment lead by Sargeant Matson swear if they did not know better would think they were under attack from a military unit.

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    Director:Ted Post
  21. 8.2/10(103 votes)

    #20 - Incident of the Captive

    S3:E9

    Harkness Musgrove's III mother is coming to take him home. Mushy asks to be a drover. Favor says yes. Mom's stage gets held up. Mom slaps the bandana off one of the highwaymen. Another stage chases them off. Vince says they'll have to kill her.

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  22. 8.2/10(106 votes)

    #21 - Incident of the Buffalo Soldier

    S3:E10

    Rowdy chases after a buffalo soldier who has killed another soldier and has taken off on his horse.

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    Director:Ted Post
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  23. 8.2/10(105 votes)

    #22 - Incident of the Big Blowout

    S3:E14

    The drovers celebrate the end of the drive. Rowdy is mistaken for another man.

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  24. 8.2/10(110 votes)

    #23 - Incident of the New Start

    S3:E17

    Jubal Wade has 1600 head on this drive and demands to be trail boss and says he'll keep Favor's crew if he stays on as ramrod.

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    Director:Jus Addiss
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  25. 8.2/10(107 votes)

    #24 - Incident of the Phantom Bugler

    S3:E23

    Jayhawkers try to charge Favor for water and a toll to cross the river, on indian territory. Captain Brian Donohoe follows the orders of Judge Brady. Mary, the judges daughter is married to Brian and doesn't like it.

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  26. 8.2/10(109 votes)

    #25 - Incident of the Painted Lady

    S3:E26

    Partners of Thad Clemens are holding Favor's herd until they're paid the $15,000 that Thad swindled them out of. Baxter Springs Cattleman's Association will not help Favor.

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    Director:Harmon Jones
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Best Episodes Summary

"Incident of the Dust Flower" is the best rated episode of "Rawhide". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/4/1960. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Incident at Jacob's Well".