RAWHIDE
Vers 1870, une troupe de cowboys convoye du bétail. Leur parcours s'étale sur 217 épisodes, 217 péripéties. La série TV durera de 1959 à 1965, chaque saison étant un convoi. Tout au long de ces épisodes, défileront des guest stars. comme Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Montgomery, Leslie Nielsen, John Cassavetes, James Coburn...
Les deux rôles principaux sont tenus par Eric Fleming et Clint Eastwood, qui finira d'ailleurs la série seul, Fleming ayant été renvoyé par la CBS. Clint interprète le jeune Rowdy Yates, disciple souriant et rasé de près de 1959 à 1966. Rôle aux antipodes des personnages qu'il interprétera plus tard et qui le rendront célèbre, comme Harry ou l'homme sans nom.
Rawhide se voulait un feuilleton classique, sans sexe, et où la violence était "propre". Clint était fier de son personnage, allant même jusqu'a cultiver son image de jeune-bien-sous-tout-rapport, ce qu'il faut faire : essayer d'être optimiste. Manger des fruits et des légumes crus comme les carottes ou le céleri.(TV Guide).
Mais dès 1961, il se plaint de la CBS qui ne lui laisse pas le droit d'accepter des seconds rôles aux cinéma, et lui refuse de se servir des épisodes de Rawhide à son avantage. Heureusement pour lui, pendant une interruption de tournage, il en profite pour tourner un film en Espagne de février à juin 1964, qui à sa sortie le propulsera au rang de star...et vous connaissez la suite!
Personnages les plus récurrents
CLINT EASTWOOD
Rowdy Yates (217 épisodes)
PAUL BRINEGAR
Wishbone (215 épisodes)
STEVE RAINES
Jim Quince (214 épisodes)
ERIC FLEMING
Gil Favor (202 épisodes)
JAMES MURDOCK
Mushy (202 épisodes)
ROCKY SHAHAN
Joe Scarlet (181 épisodes)
ROBERT CABAL
Hey Soos (116 épisodes)
SHEB WOOLEY
Pete Nolan (110 épisodes)
Paroles du générique :
Keep rollin', rollin', rollin',
Though the streams are swollen,
Keep them dogies rollin', rawhide.
Through rain and wind and weather,
Hell bent for leather,
Wishin' my gal was by my side.
All the things I'm missin',
Good vittles, love and kissin',
Are waiting at the end of my ride.
Move 'em on, head 'em up,
Head 'em up, move 'em on,
Move 'em on, head 'em up, rawhide!
Head 'em out, ride 'em in,
Ride 'em in, let 'em out,
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, rawhide!
Keep movin', movin', movin',
Though they're disapprovin',
Keep them dogies movin', rawhide.
Don't try to understand 'em,
Just rope 'em, throw, and brand 'em.
Soon we'll be livin' high and wide.
My heart's calculatin',
My true love will be waitin',
Be waitin' at the end of my ride.
Move 'em on, head 'em up,
Head 'em up, move 'em on,
Move 'em on, head 'em up, rawhide!
Head 'em out, ride 'em in,
Ride 'em in, let 'em out,
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, rawhide!
RAWHIDE!!!
FRANKIE LAINE Le thème musical de Rawhide, composé par Dimitri Tiomkin, est interprété par Frankie Laine, véritable star aux USA.Il a excéllé dans le jazz, la country, le blue, le gospel...Il est décédé en 2007 à 93 ans.+ d'infos

SAISON 1 - janv 59 / juin 59
1-Incident of the tumbleweed wagon 2-Incident at Alabaster Plain 3-Incident with an executioner 4-Incident of the widowed dove 5-Incident on the edge of madness 6-Incident of the power and the plow 7-Incident at Barker springs 8-Incident west of Lano 9-Incident of the town in terror 10-Incident of the golden calf 11-Incident of the coyote weed 12- Incident of the Chubasco 13-Incident of the curious street 14-Incident of the dog days 15-Incident of the Calico gun 16-Incident of the misplaced indians 17-Incident of the fear in streets 18-Incident below the Brazos 19-Incident of the dry drive 20-Incident of the Judas trap 21-Incident in no man's land 22-Incident of a burst of Evil 23-Incident of the Roman candles
SAISON 2 - sept 59 / juin 60
1-Incident of the day of the dead 2-Incident at Dangerfield dip 3-Incident of the shambling man 4-Incident at Jacob's well 5-Incident of the thirteenth man 6-Incident at the Buffalo smokehouse 7-Incident of the haunted hills 8-Incident of the stalking death 9-Incident of the valley in shadow 10-Incident of the blue fire 11-Incident at Spanish rock 12- Incident of the druid's curse 13-Incident at red river station 14-Incident of the devil and hid due 15-Incident of the wanted painter 16-Incident of the tinker's dam 17-Incident of the night horse 18-Incident of the sharpshooter 19-Incident of the dust flower 20-Incident at Sulphur creek 21-Incident of the Champagne bottles 22-Incident of the stargazer 23-Incident of the dancing death 24-Incident of the Arana sacar 25-Incident of the deserter 26-Incident of the 100 amulets 27-Incident of the murder steer 28-Incident of the music maker 29-Incident of the silent web 30-Incident of the last chance 31-Incident of the garden of Eden
SAISON 3 - sept 60 / juin 61
1-Incident at rojo canyon 2-Incident of the challenge 3-Incident at dragoon crossing 4-Incident of the night visitor 5-Incident of the slavemaster 6-Incident on the road to yesterday 7-Incident at superstition prairie 8-Incident at Poco Tiempo 9-Incident of the captive 10-Incident of the Buffalo soldier 11-Incident of the broken sword 12- Incident at the top of the world 13-Incident of the promised land 14-Incident on the big blowout 15-Incident of the fish out the water 16-Incident on the road back 17-Incident of the new start 18-Incident of the running iron 19-Incident near Gloomy river 20-Incident of the boomerang 21-Incident of his brother's keeper 22-Incident in the middle of nowhere 23-Incident of the phantom bugler 24-Incident of the lost idol 25-Incident of the running man 26-Incident of the painted lady 27-Incident before black pass 28-Incident of the blackstorms 29-Incident of the night on the town 30-Incident of the wager on payday
SAISON 4 - sept 61 / mai 62
1-Incident at Rio Salado 2-The sendoff 3-The long shakedown 4-Judgement at Hondo Seco 5-The lost tribe 6-The inside man 7-The black sheep 8-The prairie elephant 9-The little fishes 10-The blue spy 11-The gentleman's gentleman 12- Twenty five Santa Clauses 13-The long count 14-The captain's wife 15-The peddler 16-Woman trap 17-Boss's daughters 18-Deserter's patrol 19-The greedy town 20-Grandma's money 21-The pitchwagon 22-Hostage child 23-The immigrants 24-The child-woman 25-A woman's place 26-Reunion 27-The house of the hunter 28-Gold fever 29-The devil and the deep blue 30-Abilene
SAISON 5 - sept 62 / mai 63
1-Incident of the hunter 2-Incident of the portrait 3-Incident at cactus wells 4-Incident of the prodigal son 5-Incident of the four horsemen 6-Incident of the lost woman 7-Incident of the dogfaces 8-Incident of the wolvers 9-Incident at Sugar creek 10-Incident of the reluctant bridegroom 11-Incident of the querencias 12- Incident at Quivira 13-Incident of decision 14-Incident of the buryin' man 15-Incident of the trail's end 16-Incident at Spider rock 17-Incident of the mountain man 18-Incident at Crooked hat 19-Incident of judgment day 20-Incident of the gallows tree 21-Incident of the married widow 22-Incident of the pale rider 23-Incident of the Comenchero 24-Incident of the clown 25-Incident of the black ace 26-Incident of the hostages 27-Incident of white eyes 28-Incident at rio Doloroso 29-Incident at Alkali sink
SAISON 6 - sept 63 / mai 64
1-Incident of the red wind 2-Incident of Iron bull 3-Incident at El Crucero 4-Incident of the travellin' man 5-Incident at paradise 6-Incident at Faragut pass 7-Incident at two graves 8-Incident of the rawhiders 9-Incident of the prophecy 10-Incident at confidence creek 11-Incident of the death dancer 12- Incident of the wild deuces 13-Incident of the geisha 14-Incident at ten trees 15-Incident of the Rusty shotgun 16-Incident of midnight cave 17-Incident of the dowry dundee 18-Incident at Gila flats 19-Incident of the pied piper 20-Incident of the swindler 21-Incident of the wanderer 22-Incident at zebulon 23-Incident at hourglass 24-Incident of the odyssey 25-Incident of the banker 26-Incident at El toro 27-Incident at deadhorse (#1) 28-Incident at deadhorse (#2) 29-Incident of the gilded goddess 30-Incident at seven fingers 31-Incident of the peyote cup
SAISON 7 - sept 64 / mai 65
1-The race 2-The enormous fist 3-Piney 4-The lost herd 5-A man called Mushy 6-Canliss 7-Damon's road (#1) 8-Damon's road (#2) 9-The backshooter 10-Corporal Dasovik 11-The photographer 12- No dogs or drovers 13-The meeting 14-The book 15-Josh 16-A time for waiting 17-Moment in the sun 18-Texas fever 19-Blood harvest 20-The violent land 21-The winter soldier 22-Prairie fire 23-The retreat 24-The empty sleeve 25-The last order 26-Mrs Harmon 27-The calf women 28-The Spanish camp 29-El hombre Bravo 30-The Gray rock hotel
SAISON 8 - sept 65 / dec 65
1-Encounter at Boot hill 2-Ride a crooked mile 3-Six weeks to bent Fork 4-Walk into terror 5-Escort to Doom 6-Hostage for hanging 7-The Vasquez woman 8-Clash at Broken Bluff 9-The pursuit 10-Duel at daybreak 11-Brush war at Buford 12- The testing post 13-Crossing at white feather