Rawhide

Rawhide is a classic CBS western series starring Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, and Paul Brinegar in a story about a large team of cowboys in 1860s America who are in charge of keeping track of 3,000 head of cattle on a cross-country cattle drive. This enormous number of cattle is understood to be the maximum number capable of being controlled for this kind of operation, and it takes the full attention and skill of every cowboy on the drive to keep them in order. In total, the cattle are worth between fifty and sixty thousand dollars, and each episode of this iconic series follows the daily trials these men face in keeping the cows together, getting along with each other and the new people they encounter, and surviving the harsh extremes of uncivilized America. Rawhide is the fifth longest running American TV western in history at seven and a half seasons, and over the course of the series several notable guest stars appeared including Leslie Nielsen, Lee Can Cleef, Martin Landau, and Charles Bronson. MORE