
Rawhide:
The Seventh Season Volume 1 + 2 + The Eighth and Final Season
(1964 - 1966/CBS DVD sets)
Picture:
B Sound: C Extras: D Episodes: B+
Rollin!
Rollin! Rollin! Saddle up for the Golden Globe nominated series
Rawhide
on DVD! Starring none other than The Man With No Name himself - the
legendary Clint Eastwood in his breakout role as Rowdy Yates and also
starring Eric Fleming as trail boss Gil Favor!
CBS
brings us the final seasons of these great editions of the classic
show that is great for any Western or Classic Television fan! Each
volume spans four discs and is packed with hour-long episodes, each
featuring a life lesson, confrontations, and many a cameo from an old
face you can't help but recognize. The only downfall to this release
is that there aren't any extras - I would have enjoyed at least a
retrospective documentary from the creators or maybe even Eastwood
himself.
The
transfers on these discs are high quality for DVD and are black and
white, preserving the original 4 X 3/1.33 X 1 black and white aspect
ratio of the original broadcasts. The audio is the dreaded, lossy
Dolby Digital 2.0 English Mono, which is adequate but inferior
compared to more recent releases. English subtitles are also
available on the discs for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The
airdates of these three volumes range between 1964 to 1965, where the
show reached its 217th
episode - making it the fifth longest running American television
Western show of all time, exceeded only by Wagon
Train,
The
Virginian,
Bonanza
and Gunsmoke.
Rawhide
- Seventh Season, Volume One (Fifteen Episodes)
Episodes
on this volume are The
Race, The Enormous Fist, Piney, The Lost Herd, A Man Called Mushy,
Canliss, Damon's Road (Parts One & Two), The Backshooter,
Corporal Dasovik, The Photographer, No Dogs or Drovers, The Meeting,
The Book, and Josh.
Special
guest stars on this volume are Dean Martin, Fritz Weaver, Barbara
Eden, Slim Pickens, Gavin MacLeod, and Harry Dean Stanton.
Rawhide
- Seventh Season, Volume Two (Fifteen Episodes)
Episodes
on this volume are A
Time For Waiting, Moment in the Sun, Texas Fever, Blood Harvest, The
Violent Land, The Winter Solider, Prairie Fire, Retreat, The Empty
Sleeve, The Last Order, Mrs. Harmon, The Calf Women, The Spanish
Camp, El Hombre Bravo, and The Gray Rock Hotel.
Special
guest stars in this volume are Robert Blake, Brock Peters, and Steven
Hill.
Rawhide
- The Eighth and Final Season (13 Episodes)
Episodes
on this volume are Encounter
at Boot Hill, Ride a Crooked Mile, Six Weeks To Bent Fork, Walk Into
Terror, Escort to Doom, Hostage for Hanging, The Vasquez Woman, Clash
At Broken Buff, The Pursuit, Duel at Daybreak, Brush War at Buford,
Testing Post,
and the final episode Cross
At White Feather.
Special
Guest stars on this volume are Bruce Dern, Rip Torn, Cesar Romero,
Charles Bronson, and Rory Calhoun.
If
you are a fan of this series then these releases are definitely worth
checking out! Nothing beats classic television in my book and its
great to see Clint Eastwood take some names and herd some cattle.
Yee - haw!
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James Harland Lockhart V
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