8.5/10106 votes#1 - The Race
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1964
Rowdy quits and gets his own herd and races Favor to the railhead.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Robert Lewin
- 7.8/10116 votes
#2 - The Enormous Fist
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1964
When Fred Grant slugs Favor he hits him back. Fred falls hitting his head against a fencepost and dies. There is an inquest. Favor has to deal with the widow and her three kids.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1094 votes
#3 - Piney
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1964
Favor hears Piney Kinney wants to join the herd thinking it will solve his need for drovers. However, Piney who lost his herd and most of his ranch, is working with a gang to rob the bank and use Favor's herd as cover for their escape.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/10115 votes
#4 - The Lost Herd
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1964
Favor loses the whole herd except nine, taking a shortcut thru Devil's Patch Quilt trying to beat another herd in. He must face Mr. Teisner of the cattleman's association.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10100 votes
#5 - A Man Called Mushy
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1964
Mushy is swindled out of the wagons and the remuda. He is fired, kidnapped by gypsies, sold into slavery and rescued by his new girlfriend.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: John Mantley
- 7.5/1097 votes
#6 - Canliss
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1964
Gurd Canliss an aging hired gun, has Don Miguel as his next target. Gurd's wife Augusta and Favor try to stop it.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1097 votes
#7 - Damon's Road (1)
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1964
Jonathan Damon is building the C&L Railroad. His crew has quit do to lack of pay. The store says no more credit. Goldie, his girl, and the three girls in her act are leaving. He needs to dig up 20 men. Favor shows up with 2400 cattle and 28 men. Damon tricks the drovers in o signing work contracts and having Favor arrested for abducting Goldie.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Robert Lewin
- 5.8/1092 votes
#8 - Damon's Road (2)
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1964
Damon has Favor's crew believing the railroad is the future. Favor escapes and goes to his crew, who want to be railroaders. Favor gets Quince to sent a false telegram that Damon's payroll arrived a week ago. Favor tells Damon's old crew. They go for a showdown with Damon.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Robert Lewin
- 8.3/1096 votes
#9 - The Backshooter
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1964
Sam Jefferson aids Rowdy after his horse takes a spill. Sam is a wanted man. He asks Rowdy to turn him in and give the $5000 to his wife.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10109 votes
#10 - Corporal Dasovik
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1964
When a officer dies, Cpl. Dasovik is forced to take over the mission but he has no control over the men. The men pick up Favor when they take some of his cattle. Dasovik soon learns he is alone but he is determined to carry out his orders.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1070 votes
#11 - The Photographer
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/1964
A photograher leads an unsuspecting Rowdy into a den of thieves.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1090 votes
#12 - No Dogs or Drovers
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1964
Gil Favor's cattlemen arrive at a town after a long,hard cattle drive and find that the town isn't receptive to cattle drivers.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1074 votes
#13 - The Meeting
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1965
Favor and another trail boss are forced to go to meet Rian Powers. Powers has assembled a group of outlaws. He has a plan to take over the beef industry, buy scaring off legitimate buyers so the trail bosses must sell to his men at low prices.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Robert Lewin
- 7.2/1066 votes
#14 - The Book
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1965
Pop Stark promotes gunfights for profit. Billy his latest boy just lost. Carl Hatcher loaned Pop money. His brothers are coming to collect. Pop arranges a gunfight between Rowdy and Austin Ware, a professional gunfighter.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1085 votes
#15 - Josh
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1965
Seventy year old Josh Breeden's pride won't let him admit he's too old to be a drover. He blames Favor for all his problems.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1095 votes
#16 - A Time for Waiting
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1965
On his way to Fort Mason Rowdy is chased by indians. Rowdy testified against Captain George Ballinger at his trial, even though they are friends. He asks Rowdy to stay until he is hung. .
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1098 votes
#17 - Moment in the Sun
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1965
Sheriff Royal K. Shaw plans are making a name for himself by delivering popular Robin Hoodesque outlaw, Reed McClulley. He ties up with the herd. Reed's little brother rallies the farmers to free Reed.
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1070 votes
#18 - Texas Fever
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1965
Pete Nolan (Sheb Wooley), who'd been out scouting for the Army for the last couple of years, is back working for Favor starting in this episode, only to find himself falsely accused of rustling and murder. The local sheriff and some cattlemen, who've been victimized by the rustlers, are too willing to hang him quickly without any real trial. Favor and Rowdy try to find the real rustlers and save Pete from the gallows, though the trail may lead too close to a friendly rancher Favor respects.
Director: Harmon Jones
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1063 votes
#19 - Blood Harvest
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1965
Clete Bonner and his grandson Will, posing as Jonas and Duke Williams, join the drive, to see if Will's Dad, Adam, is suitable to take Will. Adam, known as Cable now, is scheming with two others to steal 1500 head and sell to the army.
Director: Jus Addiss
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1088 votes
#20 - The Violet Land
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/1965
Mace and Gorman the new drovers have more than cows on thier minds. Mace shows Favor a reward poster for $10,000 for a white girl captured by the Apaches. Rowdy visits the grave of his sister killed the the indians. Rowdy refuses to sell twelve head to Yuma, the Apache chief.
Director: Harmon Jones
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1085 votes
#21 - The Winter Soldier
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1965
Favor and Pete recommend to Kurtz, who has been traveling with the herd with his daughter, a shortcut to the San Luis crossing. Lt. Whitley gets a message to warn the ranchers of Comanches. Winter soldier, Hap Johnson deserts. He trades his army gear for cheap indian trading goods at Watson's. He asks Watson, Wish's name. Hap strides into camp telling Wish he is his old friend from Nachodoches. Favor won't hire Hap. Hap has overheard Kurtz has money. He rides after them and takes them on a ""shortcut"" up into the hills. The lieutenant arrests Watson, Favor and Hey Soos for having army goods. Rowdy and Quince go after Hap. They find him with Kurtz. Rowdy sends Quince to get the army and the drover.
Director: Jus Addiss
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1084 votes
#22 - Prairie Fire
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 3/19/1965
Wish buries Tod Murdoch, his friend, who 500 head he is to take to tie up with Favor's herd at horsehead crossing. Tod's foreman Jerry and Milt and Pitts plan to steal the cattle once they get the ownership paper from Wish. Wish has hidden it plain sight. He won't tell where and they try to beat it out of him.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1088 votes
#23 - Retreat
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 3/26/1965
Major Cantwell can't wait to retire from the army. He was demoted from colonel for ""irregularities in records"". He says the charge was unfounded. He steals the $32,000 camp payroll and wraps it in a package. He asks Favor to mail it for him. Kaster, the major's aid, drummed out for drinking, sees Favor take the package. Cantwell's replacement arrives and says his demotion was reversed and he's being promoted to brigadier general. He goes after Favor and the package. Kaster steals the package from favor's saddle bag.
Director: James Goldstone
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1083 votes
#24 - Empty Sleeve
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 4/2/1965
Tom Cowan lost an arm in the war. He had a friend in the hospital write his wife, Jenny, that he died. Tom reluctantly returns to his hometown when the herd needs salt. Sam Butler, the banker, made a deal with Tom when he was caught robbing the bank. Tom enlisted under Sam's son's name, Will. Tom is shot by the sheriff and brought into town. Sam wants him snuck out. Will tells Jenny the whole story.
Director: Jus Addiss
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1088 votes
#25 - The Last Order
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 4/9/1965
Rowdy's ex-commanding officer, Jeff McKeever, is part of a band of confederates not willing to admit the war is over. They have stolen $50,000. Wish shoots one of them in the holdup, Decker. Decker stumbles into Favor's camp with the strongbox and dies. McKeever posing as a deputy sheriff along with Jim Newton come for the money. Wish recognizes McKeever as one of the robbers. Newton escapes. The rebel leader Colonel Reed, poisons steers, shoots one of Favor's men, poison the water hole, stampedes the herd with blasting powder, and captures Hey Soos in an attempt to get Favor to give up the money and McKeever.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Rawhide Season 7
Every episode of Rawhide Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rawhide Season 7!
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...
Genres:WesternDrama
Network:CBS
Season 7 Ratings Summary
"The Race" is the best rated episode of "Rawhide" season 7. It scored 8.5/10 based on 106 votes. Directed by Bernard McEveety and written by Robert Lewin, it aired on 9/25/1964. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Enormous Fist".