Rawhide: The Sixth Season Vol 1 + 2 (1963 1964/CBS DVD sets)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Episodes: B+
Join
Trail boss Gil Favor and his cowboys as they journey across the wild American
West. Braving weather, Indians, bandits
and much more, Gil along with his second in command, ramrod, Rowdy Yates (Clint
Eastwood), his loyal cook/doc, Wishbone and his rough and ready crew they
struggle to deliver the herd of 3,000 cattle to market. It's a long, hard and dangerous drive, but
somebody's got to do the job in Rawhide.
Derived
from stories of The Wild West and what it means to be a cowboy, Gil Favor is
the rough, tough and ready Trail Boss he always stays calm and cool, he is
supported by Rowdy his ramrod who help carries out Gil's orders to push the
cattle and men, and they are all supported by Wishbone, the crew's cook and
doctor fixing them if not diner, but out of one scrape from another. Out in the frontier, justice sometimes is just
the man with the quickest draw, and a herd is always a prime target for money
or food. As the cowboys push the herd
through all kinds of weather, situations and troubles, and they encounter
anything from thieves, Indians, settlers to lawless towns, but in the end what
matters most is the herd and men.
If you
like Westerns then these two Season Six
volumes of the series are must haves. Watch
the series that helped make Clint Eastwood into a Western icon. While its not comical as Bonanza, Rawhide is more
gritty and serious, but it still has its moments, and not everything ends up
like the O.K. Corral or Deadwood. It really shows (by then TV standards) what it
means to be the Cowboy, the American spirit on the frontier when people had to
take laws into their own hand and while you can't keep a Cowboy down nor pin
him down, you can count on him to deliver his herd.
The 1.33
X 1 black and white image and lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono show their age, but
play back well enough. Extras include
previews for select episodes.
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Incident
of the Red Wind - Rowdy meets a mysterious drifter that say he can lead them
across the desert.
Incident
of Iron Bull - Who is the new Comanche drover and why is the army after
him?
Incident
at El Crucero - Favor meets his match with a woman who won't allow his herd to
pass through her land.
Incident
of the Travellin' Man - The crew find a man in irons, but there are some
vigilantes after him.
Incident
as Paradise - Rowdy protects an old man and
his son and daughter from a wealthy land baron.
Incident
at Farragut Pass - Favor is forced to hired a rich
spoiled brat onto the crew.
Incident
at Two Graves - Rowdy meets an Irishman who has a mission into dangerous Indian
lands.
Incident
of the Rawhiders - While scouting Rowdy encounters a group of scavengers who
are eyeing up their herd.
Incident
of the Prophecy - A man is accidentally killed by a ricochet, and the victim's
brother curse the crew.
Incident
at Confidence Creek - A trickster steals the ownership papers of the herd from
Favor.
Incident
of the Death Dancer - Mushy goes with a hunter after an African lion that he
has been chasing for years.
Incident
of the Wild Deuces - Mushy wins big at the gambling table, but the bar's owner
isn't just letting walk away without a rematch.
Incident
of the Geisha - The crew meet a lost Japanese woman, but the Indians believes
she is the goddess of fortune and demand them to hand her over.
Incident
at Ten Trees - The crew meet a woman who had a mental breakdown, but the Indians
believe she is possessed by an evil spirit.
Incident
of the Rusty Shotgun - Wishbone finds himself in a forced shotgun wedding, Gil
and Rowdy must somehow save him from marriage.
Incident
of Midnight Owl - An accident leaves Wishbone blind, but the cause seems to be
psychological.
Incident
of the Dowery Dundee - Gil and the crew encounter Scottish woman with her truck
of dowry.
Incident
at Gila Flats - The army commandeers 200 cattle to settle peace treat with the
Indians, problem is on both sides they both want war, Favor volunteers to carry
out the treaty.
Incident
of the Pied Piper - After a twister, Favor finds some of his lost cattle has
been sold off by an orphanage.
Incident
of the Swindler - The crew encounters a thief, but he knows Wishbone's dark
past.
Incident
of the Wanderer - The team encounters a strange wanderer who seems to bring bad
luck.
Incident
at Zebulon - A group of mask vigilantes kill one of the drovers and then turns
to Favor when he intervenes.
Incident
at Hourglass - The crew path is blocked by the Army building a dam, Favor
encounter a childhood friend who frames him for murder.
Incident
of the Odyssey - Rowdy meets a traveling circus man who has a special package
to deliver to a woman 11 years ago.
Incident
of the Banker - Favor and his old friend changes jobs with each other, a banker
and a trail boss.
Incident
at Deadhorse (Part 1) - The crew encounters a mysterious man who was buried
alive.
Incident
at Deadhorse (Part 2) - Favor must protect a hangman from doing his job, but a
town mob doesn't want to see the hanging take place.
Incident
of the Gilded Goddess - Rowdy encounters a cheating card shark woman from his
past who claim she has turned a new leaf and innocent of murder.
Incident
as Seven Fingers - The crew encounters an army deserter, strange thing is he
seems like he wants to be court marshaled.
Incident
of the Peyote Cup Jesus (pronounced Hey-Soos) is captured by Indians and
forced to eat peyote in a tale of religion gone wrong.
- Ricky Chiang
