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The Best Episodes of Rawhide Season 3

Every episode of Rawhide Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rawhide Season 3!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Rawhide Season 3 Episode 3 - Incident at Dragoon Crossing
    8.5/10(128 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 6 - Incident on the Road to Yesterday
    8.5/10(105 votes)

    S3:E6

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

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Winston Miller

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  3. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 15 - Incident of the Fish Out of Water
    8.4/10(128 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 14 - Incident of the Big Blowout
    8.3/10(112 votes)

    S3:E14

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

    Director:George Templeton
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 26 - Incident of the Painted Lady
    8.3/10(119 votes)

    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.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 1 - Incident at Rojo Canyon
    8.2/10(119 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Steve Raines

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  7. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 9 - Incident of the Captive
    8.2/10(106 votes)

    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.

    Director:Stuart Heisler
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 10 - Incident of the Buffalo Soldier
    8.2/10(108 votes)

    S3:E10

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

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 20 - Incident of the Boomerang
    8.2/10(101 votes)

    S3:E20

    Ruthann Harper and Richard Goffage are taking 200 head of cattle to Australia. Ruthann has a questionable past.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  10. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 22 - Incident in the Middle of Nowhere
    8.2/10(126 votes)

    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.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 23 - Incident of the Phantom Bugler
    8.2/10(120 votes)

    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.

    Director:George Templeton
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 13 - Incident Near the Promised Land
    8.1/10(98 votes)

    S3:E13

    The drive has reached Sedalia but there is a bank scare and no buyers. Favor must deal with bitter Emma Caldwell to graze the herd.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 17 - Incident of the New Start
    8.1/10(124 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 18 - Incident of the Running Iron
    8.1/10(91 votes)

    S3:E18

    Frank Miller is a herd cutter getting on in years with a nineteen year old son. Quince chases a rustler off, but is arrested himself.

    Director:Harmon Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 24 - Incident of the Lost Idol
    8.1/10(134 votes)

    S3:E24

    Billy Manson, his mom and sister Laurie are on the way to meet their aunt, who is to take them back east. Two bounty hunters shadow them, hoping to find Clete their wanted father.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 28 - Incident of the Blackstorms
    8.1/10(95 votes)

    S3:E28

    Sky Blackstorm sends a message to the River City sheriff with Mushy. He's coming tomorrow at sun up for his son Danny.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 4 - Incident of the Night Visitor
    8.0/10(95 votes)

    S3:E4

    Jeff Barkley catches a stranger in the camp, a boy of about twelve. He wings Jeff. They track the boys footprints. Seven or eight men tried to steal the ramuda. Favor finds the boy. He was traveling with some horsetraders led by Nick Mesa. Favor takes the boy back to Mesa. He doesn't want the boy back. Joey Gardner is looking for his Pa.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 11 - Incident of the Broken Word
    8.0/10(90 votes)

    S3:E11

    Ben Foley resorts to murder to hide the fact the cattle he is selling to Favor are diseased. Frank Pierce accidentily shot Ben's wife years ago.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 16 - Incident on the Road Back
    8.0/10(88 votes)

    S3:E16

    The men are gathering for the next drive. A stray horse is tied up. Favor is arrested for horse stealing. The sheriff's wife is having an affair, with Cronin who reported the horse stolen.

    Director:George Templeton
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 5 - Incident of the Slavemaster
    7.9/10(106 votes)

    S3:E5

    Mrs. Bradley pulls a gun on Victor Laurier and wants to know where her husband is. She knows he isn't dead. Victor was in charge of a POW camp. At the end of the war Victor says he sent 27 union soldiers and three guards, one his son east, but they never reached their destination. Mrs. Bradley got a letter from her husband four years after he was supposed to have died.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 12 - Incident at the Top of the World
    7.9/10(106 votes)

    S3:E12

    There's a new drover who has just spent five years in an army hospital and is addicted to morphine.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 19 - Incident Near Gloomy River
    7.9/10(130 votes)

    S3:E19

    Dan Fletcher returns to his Ma and brother,Cal, whose home just burned. Cal thinks Frank Travis is trying to run them off. Frank's daughter Flora has had Cal courting her for a year, but she likes Danny.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 25 - Incident of the Running Man
    7.9/10(98 votes)

    S3:E25

    Rowdy is handcuffed to a deputy that says he has to warn Camp Henly. The deputy is shot and Rowdy is arrested for murder.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 29 - Incident of the Night on the Town
    7.9/10(133 votes)

    S3:E29

    Judge Akins tells Favor he has 750 head of Mrs. North cattle. Lewis, Mrs. North lawyer says the cattle that Wesley Adams turned over to Favor, were Mrs. North's and were to be delivered to the army.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Rawhide Season 3 Episode 7 - Incident at Superstition Prairie
    7.8/10(89 votes)

    S3:E7

    Wish finds an indian left to die in a cave, and rescues him.

    Director:Stuart Heisler
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Incident at Dragoon Crossing" is the best rated episode of "Rawhide" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 128 votes. Directed by Ted Post and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/21/1960. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Incident on the Road to Yesterday".