Rawhide - The Complete First Season (DVD, 2006, 7-Disc Set)

I rate the 1st season of this non typical western series excellent; but I am over fifty. No special effects that's for sure,and all episodes were shot in black & white.The series ran for eight years starting in 1959. I vaguely remember the series back then when I was kid,and liked it somewhat. I actually like it better now fifty years later. The premiss of the series is a never ending cattle drive,and incidents that occured as they moved across the western plains. The stars of the show seem believeable right off,and the sets also seem very true to life,and simple.

The name we all recognize now from this series is of course Clint Eastwood, who stared as the chief assistant Rowdy Yates,or 2nd hand, to the trail boss Gil Favor.The show was extremely well cast,with characters already seasoned in the western movie format.The episodes are non western series typical in that they seem to me more like mini movies than the predictable same plot regurgitated over,and over that the tv western format was so commonly guilty of. Surprisingly not a lot of violence really,or at least that was seldom the central guiding element to a show. Little blood & guts here;no Sam Peckinpah slow motion style shoot ups thats for sure. If you're looking for the gun happy cowboy without a name type material that Clint Eastwood was known for after this series ended,forget it. These episodes are little morality plays; but with interesting twists,and odd turns to the plots.

The guest stars are never given any credits,but you will no doubt recognize many. From Lon Chaney jr. to Bones from the original Star Trek series. One thing you'll notice is that each one hour episode of a show from this era lasted longer than a so called one hour episode from the present. Although I haven't counted the time, I am sure there was was more SHOW in each show back then. Some of these Rawhide episodes remind me of the unexpected plots we saw in the original twilight zone,but without any science fiction twists of course.I belive the director was the same as Gunsmoke; which I enjoyed as well back then, but Rawhide so far I like a lot better due to the non-predictability factor.

A lot of good looking female camios in the role of the fallen woman; but no long running roles for an actress in Rawhide. So... this series Rawhide is recommneded if you are not expecting a load of gun play,and are not looking for the special effects that dominate the action movies, tv shows to the detriment of the character development today.In other words the characters seem real in this series. Not a lot of sex,and violence; but more the suggestion,and darkish moody undertones. That's my opinion ,and I'm sticking to it!

I was very very very very very satisfied and this is a very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very veryvery very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very good ebayer veryvery very satisfied

It was fair. Sometimes the quality during the segment was poor. I think because of the oldness of the series but nevertheless to be honest It could have been better

I watched this as a child with my dad and brothers on TV. My grandson is 7 and he loves cowboy movies of any kind, especially the cattle drives.I had looked for this for a while. I was thrilled to find it. My grandson is very special and this is a present for him.

We had to purchase this DVD! We knew it would remind us of our childhood and bring back memories of family TV time. We realized watching them again after many years that these shows were morality plays where good triumphs over evil. We have thoroughly enjoyed the DVD and would recommend it.

I bought this dvd set for a good friend of my family. He lones watching these old westerns qand had mentioned to me he wish he could find a copy so I went on ebay found and handed it over to him at no charge. what I liked was buying this for a friend. I loved how excited he was when he received it. There was no dislike involved in any facet of the exchange. Why did I buy it because thats what friends do.

these are very entertaining dvds and was a great gift for all rawhide watchers
i recommend these for everyone

I liked the idea that the shiping charges were not two ar three times more than what they should have been. The price was great and the mechandise arrived in new condition.

I am 59 years of age and this brings back memories of when us kids at home use tro watch "Rawhisde". The excited when I found on E/Bay that these were avaqilable. I have already wathc almost three of the dvd's. I would recommend anyone who enjoyes watching westerns and not want to listen to profanity to buy thses.

It will be the perfect Christmas Present for my husband. No more rewinding on the old VHS. It will also take up less space on our movie shelf.