Rawhide - Season Three, Vol. 2

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Eric Flemming
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3257

Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 779 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6

MPN: 892754
UPC: 097368927544
EAN: 0097368927544
ASIN: B001E6HUXO

Release Date: December 9, 2008  (New: Last 30 Days)
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Rawhide - Season Three, Vol. 2

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4 out of 5 stars Not color    December 26, 2008
IdolFan (WV)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

I chose Season 3 Vol 2 because product description says, boxed set, color, dvd, fullscreen. It is NOT in color. This is the second western series I have purchased that was listed color but was actually black and white. The quality and sound are good, but I would not have purchased it had I known it was not in color.


5 out of 5 stars "Rawhide ... Season Three Vol. 2 ... Paramount Pictures (2008)"    December 26, 2008
J. Lovins (Missouri-USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

CBS Television and Paramount Pictures presents "RAWHIDE: SEASON THREE VOL. TWO" (24 February 1961 - 16 June 1961) (779 mins/In Glorious Black & White) (digitally remastered in Dolby) -- Rawhide was a television western series that aired on the U.S. network CBS from 1959 to 1966. The show starred Eric Fleming and launched the career of Clint Eastwood --- The series ran for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 episodes, all filmed and broadcast in black and white --- It was produced and sometimes directed by Charles Marquis Warren who also produced early episodes of Gunsmoke --- Warren based Rawhide on the movie Cattle Empire that he directed in 1958 and for which Endre Bohem was a screenwriter and Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines and Rocky Shahan were actors; all also worked in Rawhide --- Its premiere episode reached the top 20 in the Nielsen Ratings. It rose steadily in popularity until, towards the end of the series run, it was one of America's top ten shows --- Rawhide was the fourth longest-running American TV western, beaten only by nine years of The Virginian and Wagon Train, fourteen years of Bonanza, and twenty years of Gunsmoke.

The episode would be introduced, usually by some words from Gil Favor but sometimes by others --- The typical Rawhide story involved drovers, portrayed by Eric Fleming (Trail Boss Gil Favor) and Clint Eastwood (ramrod Rowdy Yates), coming upon people on the trail and getting drawn into solving whatever problem they presented or were confronting --- Some of the stories were obviously easier in production terms but the peak form of the show was convincing and naturalistic, and sometimes brutal. Its situations could range from parched plains to anthrax, ghostly riders to wolves, cattle raiding, bandits, murderers, and so forth --- A problem on such drives was the constant need for water, and the scout spent much of his time looking for it, sometimes finding water holes, even rivers had dried up - In some ways it was similar to the TV series Wagon Train that debuted in 1957.

Of all the western characters on TV, these were the only real cowboys, because they drove cows. There were also sheep boys who drove sheep, pig boys who looked after pigs, etc. The name cowboys became a generic name in western films and TV series --- The theme song's lyrics were written by Ned Washington in 1958. It was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin and sung by pop singer Frankie Laine. The theme song became very popular --- It was covered several times and parts of the song also appear in more recent movies like The Blues Brothers and Shrek.-- (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

List of Season, Episode, Title and Original Air Date:

1. Season 3, Episode 16: Incident on the Road Back (guest star Brian G. Hutton)
Original Air Date--24 February 1961

2. Season 3, Episode 17: Incident of the New Start (guest star John Dehner)
Original Air Date--3 March 1961

3. Season 3, Episode 18: Incident of the Running Iron (guest stars William Schallet & dwayne Hickman)
Original Air Date--10 March 1961

4. Season 3, Episode 19: Incident near Gloomy River (guest stars John Cassavetes, Leif Erickson & Rosemary De Camp)
Original Air Date--17 March 1961

5. Season 3, Episode 20: Incident of the Boomerang (guest stars Woody Strode & Patricia Medina)
Original Air Date--24 March 1961

6. Season 3, Episode 21: Incident of His Brother's Keeper (guest stars Jack Lord & Susan Oliver)
Original Air Date--31 March 1961

7. Season 3, Episode 22: Incident in the Middle of Nowhere (guest stars Cecil Kellaway & Elisha Cook Jr.)
Original Air Date--7 April 1961
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8. Season 3, Episode 23: Incident of the Phantom Bugler (guest star Jock Mahoney)
Original Air Date--14 April 1961

9. Season 3, Episode 24: Incident of the Lost Idol (guest star Claude Akins)
Original Air Date--28 April 1961

10. Season 3, Episode 25: Incident of the Running Man
Original Air Date--5 May 1961

11. Season 3, Episode 26: Incident of the Painted Lady (guest star Marie Windsor)
Original Air Date--12 May 1961

12. Season 3, Episode 27: Incident before Black Pass (Leonard Nimoy, Zachary Scott & Robert Armstrong)
Original Air Date--19 May 1961

13. Season 3, Episode 28: Incident of the Blackstorms
Original Air Date--26 May 1961

14. Season 3, Episode 29: Incident of the Night on the Town (Dan Hagerty & Grady Sutton)
Original Air Date--2 June 1961

15. Season 3, Episode 30: Incident of the Wager on Payday
Original Air Date--16 June 1961

BIOS:
1. Eric Fleming (aka: Edward Heddy)
Date of Birth:: 4 July 1925 - Santa Paula, California
Date of Death: 28 September 1966 - Tingo Maria area, Peru (drowned)

2. Clint Eastwood
Date of Birth: 31 May 1930 - San Francisco, California
Date of Death: Still Living

Great job by Paramount Pictures and their staff for releasing this long awaited edition with collectible Seasons with unforgettable episodes --- looking forward to more of the same from the rousing CBS Television vintage era --- order your copy now from TvBoxset their Western Classics -- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 779 mins on 4 DVD's ~ Paramount Pictures ~ (12/09/2008)


5 out of 5 stars Where is Wish !    November 16, 2008
D. Varner (Spartanburg,SC)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I can hardly wait to get the next release of my favorite TV program "Rawhide".All to this point have been of great quality and sound and I expect this one will be the same.Sit back and watch some episodes from years gone by. Did I say episodes, sorry I meant incidents.


5 out of 5 stars Best season    October 10, 2008
Monicalibrarian (Canada)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

Thanks to Paramount for releasing another season -- and this is arguably the best. Season 3 contains "Incident of the Fish out of Water" "Incident on the Road Back" and "Incident of the New Start" which all lend more humanity and backstory to the characters. This season also contains "Incident of the Boomerang" one of the best in all 8 seasons. Enjoy!


5 out of 5 stars Head 'em up, move 'em out!    September 10, 2008
G. Pierce (Utah)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I'm anxiously awaiting the release of this latest volume of one of the best shows ever made! Major thanks to Paramount for continuing to release episodes that haven't seen the light of day in many, many years.