The worst episodes of Rawhide

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  1. 01

    S01E01 · January 9, 1959 · 1h

    Incident of the Tumbleweed7.3

    The drovers deal with a tumbleweed (prison) wagon and a beautiful female prisoner, Dallas.

  2. 02

    S01E04 · January 30, 1959 · 1h

    Incident of the Widowed Dove7.3

    Rowdy stays on in a town to help a young wife trying to escape her husband... who is the town's marshal.

  3. 03

    S01E05 · February 6, 1959 · 1h

    Incident on the Edge of Madness7.3

    Colonel Millett, trying to form a new Confederacy, convinces most of the drovers to join his cause after Gil's orders accidentally get a young drover killed.

  4. 04

    S01E09 · March 4, 1959 · 1h

    Incident of the Town in Terror7.5

    When a town shuts out the drive after Rowdy is apparently stricken with anthrax, Gil turns to a young inexperienced nurse for help.

  5. 05

    S01E22 · June 26, 1959 · 1h

    Incident of a Burst of Evil7.5

  6. 06

    S03E04 · November 4, 1960 · 1h

    Incident of the Night Visitor7.5

  7. 07

    S05E20 · February 22, 1963 · 1h

    Incident of the Gallows Tree7.5

    Gil and Rowdy try to convince a saloon order to testify when Quince is arrested for the murder of a town's leading citizen.

  8. 08

    S08E01 · September 14, 1965 · 1h

    Encounter at Boot Hill7.5

    New trail boss Rowdy runs up against Morgan Kane after Kane and his people shoot two drovers who try to stop a lynching.

  9. 09

    S08E03 · September 28, 1965 · 1h

    Six Weeks to Bent Fork7.5

    To make a cattle drive in six weeks, Rowdy is forced to take on Lash Whitcomb as Segundo, and Lash will do whatever it takes to get the herd delivered on time.

  10. 10

    S08E06 · October 19, 1965 · 1h

    Hostage for Hanging7.5

    The Gufler clan takes Rowdy hostage after they con him out of $100, and threaten to hang him unless the drovers pay ransom.

  11. 11

    S08E07 · October 26, 1965 · 1h

    The Vasquez Woman7.5

    Colonel Vasquez forces Quince, Simon, and Jed to sell 200 herd of cattle for 40,000 pesos. However, when they try to cash the money, they discover that it's no good.

  12. 12

    S08E08 · November 2, 1965 · 1h

    Clash at Broken Bluff7.5

    To shelter the herd from a coming storm, the drovers get involved in a war between suffragette Cassie Webster and the crooked men in town.

  13. 13

    S08E09 · November 9, 1965 · 1h

    The Pursuit7.5

    A marshal hunts down Jed for a murder charge that Jed claims he was cleared of.

  14. 14

    S08E10 · November 16, 1965 · 1h

    Duel at Daybreak7.5

    A drover insulted by the top hand Rowdy is delivering cattle to tries to challenge the man who questioned his honor.

  15. 15

    S08E11 · November 23, 1965 · 1h

    Brush War at Buford7.5

    Major Buford is conducting a range war against carpetbagger Duke Aberdeen, and Rowdy tries to stay neutral as both sides use the herd to get back at the other.

  16. 16

    S08E12 · November 30, 1965 · 1h

    The Testing Post7.5

    A cavalry detachment demands a hundred head from the drive and leaves a requisition with the drovers... and they soon discover that the "soldiers" are cattle rustlers in disguise.

  17. 17

    S01E02 · January 16, 1959 · 1h

    Incident at Alabaster Plain7.7

    The drovers come across a mission where a friend of Rowdy's is getting married.

  18. 18

    S01E03 · January 23, 1959 · 1h

    Incident with an Executioner7.7

    After the drovers take in the passengers of an overturned stagecoach, a mysterious man named Jardin arrives and says that he's there to kill one person... but won't say who.

  19. 19

    S01E06 · February 13, 1959 · 1h

    Incident of the Power and the Plow8.0

    Gil incurs a rancher's anger when he gives candy to an Indian boy whose father has land the rancher wants.

  20. 20

    S01E07 · February 20, 1959 · 1h

    Incident at Barker Springs8.0

    Gunman Brazo Ford joins the drive to look after his younger Lance, who wears a mask to hide a burn scar.

  21. 21

    S01E08 · February 27, 1959 · 1h

    Incident West of Lano8.0

    Four female sharpshooters abandoned by their manager meet up with the drive.

  22. 22

    S01E10 · March 13, 1959 · 1h

    Incident of the Golden Calf8.0

    A preacher, Brother Bent, joins the drive after he discovers gold but preaches against it. His parishioners have driven him off, and now cowboys are following Bent trying to find out where his gold is.

  23. 23

    S01E11 · March 20, 1959 · 1h

    Incident of the Coyote Weed8.0

    Gil and Rowdy have to deal with a bandit, Sanchez, and a man that he has secretly slipped in with the drovers to sabotage the drive.

  24. 24

    S01E12 · April 3, 1959 · 1h

    Incident of the Chubasco8.0

    Gil discovers that a new drover has a woman hidden in his wagon... when the woman's husband comes looking for her.

  25. 25

    S01E13 · April 10, 1959 · 1h

    Incident of the Curious Street8.0

    Gil and Rowdy track some missing cows to a seeming ghost town, and soon discover that the few remaining residents are caught in a savage feud.

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