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The Best Episodes of Rawhide

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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 meet up with adventure and drama.

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    Rawhide Season 1 Episode 6 - Incident of the Power and the Plow
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Incident of the Power and the Plow

    S1:E6

    Gil Favor gets permission from rancher Jed Reston to drive his herd over Reston's land. He discovers, however, that Reston has a bigoted attitude toward Indians, particularly a local Comanche named Taslatch who wants to be a farmer and who's paid for a mail-order plow. (Reston's recently had his son, Matt, give Taslatch 15 lashes on a trumped-up rustling charge.) Favor earns Reston's enmity by siding with Taslatch. Tensions soon escalate until violence is set to erupt between the Comanches and local townspeople and Favor must take decisive steps to intervene.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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  2. Rawhide Season 1 Episode 10 - Incident of the Golden Calf
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Incident of the Golden Calf

    S1:E10

    Brother Bent the newest drover sparks gold fever, when he flashes a huge nuggett.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Endre Bohem

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  3. Rawhide Season 1 Episode 18 - Incident Below the Brazos
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Incident Below the Brazos

    S1:E18

    Favor's welcome to Paradise Valley is a group of gun toting farmers warning the herd better not do any damage to their property. Lightning stampedes the remuda and kills farmer Ken Wade. His wife urges Eli to avenge her husband's death.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 20 - Incident of the Dust Flower
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Rawhide Season 1 Episode 17 - Incident of Fear in the Streets
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Incident of Fear in the Streets

    S1:E17

    Pete is injured, so Favor and Rowdy into a nearby town for a doctor. Because the town lynched a man the day before, the residents along with Favor and Rowdy are held hostage until the Sheriff and the man who led the lynching are also hung.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 5 - Incident at Jacob's Well
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 9 - Incident of the Stalking Death
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 19 - Incident of the Sharpshooter
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Rawhide Season 1 Episode 7 - Incident at Barker Springs
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Incident at Barker Springs

    S1:E7

    Brazo, a retired gunfighter, attempts to keep his kid brother from taking up the family business.

    Director:Charles Marquis Warren
    Writer:Les Crutchfield

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  10. Rawhide Season 1 Episode 11 - Incident of the Coyote Weed
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Incident of the Coyote Weed

    S1:E11

    Banditos inside and outside threaten the herd and the drovers.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:David Lang

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  11. Rawhide Season 1 Episode 15 - Incident of the Calico Gun
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Incident of the Calico Gun

    S1:E15

    Favor and Pete find Jenny Watson outside a burned cabin. Her parents who died of a sickness were burned with the cabin. Favor invites Jenny to ride along to Silver Junction. Jenny is in cahoots with three brothers to rob Favor of the drive's payroll.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Winston Miller

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  12. Rawhide Season 1 Episode 19 - Incident of the Dry Drive
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Incident of the Dry Drive

    S1:E19

    Jess Hode, a bitter ex-trailboss who the owners thought was too old, demands half of Favor's herd for the only water around. Jess' son stands by him but soon comes to see through his old man. Favor tries a couple other water holes but they are dry.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 4 - Incident of the Shambling Man
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Incident of the Shambling Man

    S2:E4

    When a delusional old man attacks the passing drovers, his daughter-in-law enlists Gil & Rowdy's help with the powerful ex-boxing champ. The Marshal who made the town safe, is now drunk on his own power, enforcing petty rules to keep the tiniest semblance of trouble out of his jurisdiction. Factoring heavily into the situation is that the daughter-in-law is exquisite and widowed.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 6 - Incident of the 13th Man
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Incident of the 13th Man

    S2:E6

    Wishbone, in desperate need of a dentist, finds one in Blanton. Along with Rowdy they both encounter two problems: the doctor is on trial for murder and both of them have been picked to be on the jury. The verdict is the final surprise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 7 - Incident at the Buffalo Smokehouse
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Incident at the Buffalo Smokehouse

    S2:E7

    While scouting for a river crossing, Favor meets a hostile smokehouse-owner and his wife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 18 - Incident of the Night Horse
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Incident of the Night Horse

    S2:E18

    An embittered mustanger known by Gil Favor in his younger days blocks the pass that the herd needs to use to reach a river ford where they can cross safely. The mustanger is haunted by a fierce stallion who killed his son, once a friend of Favor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 21 - Incident at Sulphur Creek
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Incident at Sulphur Creek

    S2:E21

    Horse thieves who have victimized Comanches also strike the drive's ramuda. Gil sends a group headed by Pete and Rowdy out to purchase replacement mounts. They encounter a preacher on his way to officiate a christening at the Lacey ranch, where he says horses are for sale. The drovers find their own stolen horses corralled there. So do the Comanches, who put the ranch under siege.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 23 - Incident of the Stargazer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Incident of the Stargazer

    S2:E23

    A woman gets off the stage expecting to meet her husband. But she was let off in the middle of nowhere, a good 30 miles from her home. Pete decides to help her get there but when they arrive, she recognizes everyone except her husband.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 26 - Incident of the Deserter
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Incident of the Deserter

    S2:E26

    While taking a mountain short cut, Wishbone is injured in a fall caused by a bullying ore freighter. He seeks aid in a small mining town, where he becomes attached to a widow, who is the freighter's fiancée.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 27 - Incident of the 100 Amulets
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Incident of the 100 Amulets

    S2:E27

    Hey Soos goes to town to visit his mother but, while buying supplies to take to her, he is attacked as the town believe his mother is a witch who has cursed the town.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 28 - Incident of the Murder Steer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Incident of the Murder Steer

    S2:E28

    A steer with the word "MURDER" branded on its side, considered an omen of violent death, is seen shortly after four mysterious riders from the same town join the drive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 31 - Incident of the Last Chance
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Incident of the Last Chance

    S2:E31

    Gil takes a protective interest in a stranded tenderfoot couple. Rowdy is interested in the wife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Rawhide Season 2 Episode 32 - Incident in the Garden of Eden
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Incident in the Garden of Eden

    S2:E32

    Rowdy leaves to buy cattle to replenish the herd. He comes to a town of an eccentric English patriarch living with his beautiful daughter. Rowdy doesn't understand why he seems so afraid to sell the cattle without his foreman's permission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Rawhide Season 1 Episode 2 - Incident at Alabaster Plain
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Incident at Alabaster Plain

    S1:E2

    Rowdy's wartime friend, they spent time in a POW camp, is getting married. The bride's stepbrother, a murderer sixteen times over, has returned to claim his share of the family fortune.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:David Swift

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  25. Rawhide Season 1 Episode 3 - Incident with an Executioner
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Charles Marquis Warren
    Writer:James Edmiston

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Best Episodes Summary

"Incident of the Power and the Plow" is the best rated episode of "Rawhide". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Fred Freiberger, it aired on 2/13/1959. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Incident of the Golden Calf".