The Best Episodes of Rawhide Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(332 votes)

   #1 - Incident of the Tumbleweed

   S1:E11/9/1959

   After a marshal and deputy are wounded and killed, Gil and Rowdy volunteer to finish the delivery of the prison wagon with seven dangerous prisoners to Ft Craig for trial, while the outlaw husband of one prisoner is in pursuit to free her.

   Director:Richard Whorf

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Richard Whorf

   Writer:Unknown
2. 

   7.7/10(249 votes)

   #2 - Incident at Alabaster Plain

   S1:E21/16/1959

   Rowdy's wartime friend, they spent time in a POW camp, is getting married. The bride's stepbrother, a murderer sixteen times over, has returned to claim his share of the family fortune.

   Director:Richard Whorf

   Writer:David Swift

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   Director:Richard Whorf

   Writer:David Swift
3. 

   8.2/10(281 votes)

   #3 - Incident with an Executioner

   S1:E31/23/1959

   A stage load of passengers being chased by the man with the black satchel wrecks. Favor takes them to his camp. The man is a hired executioner after someone from the stage or the herd.

   Director:Charles Marquis Warren

   Writer:James Edmiston

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   Director:Charles Marquis Warren

   Writer:James Edmiston
4. 

   7.7/10(206 votes)

   #4 - Incident of the Widowed Dove

   S1:E41/30/1959

   Rowdy tries to help Clovis leave her sheriff husband.

   Director:Ted Post

   Writer:David Lang

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   Director:Ted Post

   Writer:David Lang
5. 

   7.3/10(216 votes)

   #5 - Incident On the Edge of Madness

   S1:E52/6/1959

   A fanatical Southern loyalist lures drovers from Favor and Rowdy with tales of founding a new Confederate empire; guest Lon Chaney Jr.

   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

   Writers:David Victor, Herbert Little Jr.

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   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

   Writers:David Victor, Herbert Little Jr.
6. 

   8.1/10(201 votes)

   #6 - Incident of the Power and the Plow

   S1:E62/13/1959

   Gil Favor gets permission from rancher Jed Reston to drive his herd over Reston's land. He discovers, however, that Reston has a bigoted attitude toward Indians, particularly a local Comanche named Taslatch who wants to be a farmer and who's paid for a mail-order plow. (Reston's recently had his son, Matt, give Taslatch 15 lashes on a trumped-up rustling charge.) Favor earns Reston's enmity by siding with Taslatch. Tensions soon escalate until violence is set to erupt between the Comanches and local townspeople and Favor must take decisive steps to intervene.

   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

   Writer:Fred Freiberger

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   Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

   Writer:Fred Freiberger
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   7.6/10(192 votes)

   #7 - Incident at Barker Springs

   S1:E72/20/1959

   Brazo, a retired gunfighter, attempts to keep his kid brother from taking up the family business.

   Director:Charles Marquis Warren

   Writer:Les Crutchfield

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   Director:Charles Marquis Warren

   Writer:Les Crutchfield
8. 

   7.8/10(193 votes)

   #8 - Incident West of Lano

   S1:E82/27/1959

   Four stranded women provide a love interest and a complication for Favor. A freight hauler with a gunfighter says he's using the only river crossing first.

   Director:Charles Marquis Warren

   Writer:Buckley Angell

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   Director:Charles Marquis Warren

   Writer:Buckley Angell
9. 

   8.1/10(175 votes)

   #9 - Incident of the Town in Terror

   S1:E93/4/1959

   When Rowdy and two steers are thought to have anthrax, The only medical help is a young lady with two years of nursing school. Her town doesn't want anything to do with the drovers or the herd.

   Director:Ted Post

   Writer:Oliver Crawford

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   Director:Ted Post

   Writer:Oliver Crawford
10. 

    7.3/10(155 votes)

    #10 - Incident of the Golden Calf

    S1:E103/13/1959

    Brother Bent the newest drover sparks gold fever, when he flashes a huge nuggett.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:Endre Bohem

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:Endre Bohem
11. 

    7.9/10(181 votes)

    #11 - Incident of the Coyote Weed

    S1:E113/20/1959

    Banditos inside and outside threaten the herd and the drovers.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:David Lang

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:David Lang
12. 

    7.5/10(175 votes)

    #12 - Incident of the Chubasco

    S1:E124/3/1959

    The drive faces a formidable tasks climbing to a plateau known for it's high winds and dust storms. Favor hires Tom Bryan more for his wagon than the man. Tom sneaks a woman dressed in a bridal gown into the wagon. Jefferson Devereaux, a wealthy land owner, comes looking for a man and a woman, his wife, Jenny. Rowdy was a POW with Tom. He says Tom sold out. Jeff and forty men will be back in the morning for Tom and Jenny.

    Director:Buzz Kulik

    Writer:Al C. Ward

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    Director:Buzz Kulik

    Writer:Al C. Ward
13. 

    7.2/10(180 votes)

    #13 - Incident of the Curious Street

    S1:E134/10/1959

    Favor and Rowdy are looking for strays. They enter a deserted mining town. Matt Lucas is the caretaker. He says he's the only one there. Leaving they hear an organ. Mrs. Miller and her daughter, Angie, say Lucas and his son, Waldo, gunned down the stage coach driver, and is holding them hostage.

    Director:Ted Post

    Writer:Earl Baldwin

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    Director:Ted Post

    Writer:Earl Baldwin
14. 

    7.7/10(174 votes)

    #14 - Incident of the Dog Days

    S1:E144/17/1959

    Favor stops Talby from shooting Johnny Camber, who he says is Billy Carter, who killed his daughter. Clark accuses Carl Myers of being a trail camp thief and a card cheat. Favor decides to take the herd across the dry plain at the worst time of the year. The men begin to question Favor's judgment. Eventually all but six of his men quit.

    Director:George Sherman

    Writer:Samuel A. Peeples

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    Director:George Sherman

    Writer:Samuel A. Peeples
15. 

    7.6/10(163 votes)

    #15 - Incident of the Calico Gun

    S1:E154/24/1959

    Favor and Pete find Jenny Watson outside a burned cabin. Her parents who died of a sickness were burned with the cabin. Favor invites Jenny to ride along to Silver Junction. Jenny is in cahoots with three brothers to rob Favor of the drive's payroll.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:Winston Miller

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:Winston Miller
16. 

    7.3/10(152 votes)

    #16 - Incident of the Misplaced Indians

    S1:E165/1/1959

    Rowdy finds two indians dead outside a house. Amelia Spaulding is inside singing and making candy.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:Unknown
17. 

    7.5/10(164 votes)

    #17 - Incident of Fear in the Streets

    S1:E175/8/1959

    Pete is injured, so Favor and Rowdy into a nearby town for a doctor. Because the town lynched a man the day before, the residents along with Favor and Rowdy are held hostage until the Sheriff and the man who led the lynching are also hung.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer:Unknown
18. 

    7.8/10(151 votes)

    #18 - Incident Below the Brazos

    S1:E185/15/1959

    Favor's welcome to Paradise Valley is a group of gun toting farmers warning the herd better not do any damage to their property. Lightning stampedes the remuda and kills farmer Ken Wade. His wife urges Eli to avenge her husband's death.

    Director:Jack Arnold

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jack Arnold

    Writer:Unknown
19. 

    8.0/10(164 votes)

    #19 - Incident of the Dry Drive

    S1:E195/22/1959

    Jess Hode, a bitter ex-trailboss who the owners thought was too old, demands half of Favor's herd for the only water around. Jess' son stands by him but soon comes to see through his old man. Favor tries a couple other water holes but they are dry.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen

    Writer:Unknown
20. 

    7.4/10(136 votes)

    #20 - Incident of the Judas Trap

    S1:E206/5/1959

    With wolves threatening the herd, Pete is sent to town to get a wolver and traps. None are available, but he meets his old flame, Nora Sage. She is later found strangled in her room. Brad Morgan, Medrina Wilcox's foreman also came to see her. Medrina has a herd but only one man. They pool herds. Brad was a wolver, and directs Favor's men in placing the traps. Brad toys with the affections of Nora, Medrina and her sister Paula. Favor lets the sheriff take Pete, but says he needs Morgan.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jesse Hibbs

    Writer:Unknown
21. 

    7.5/10(136 votes)

    #21 - Incident in No Man's Land

    S1:E216/12/1959

    Favor and Rowdy ride into a settlement of women to find out the source of explosions threatening to stampede the herd. They're told to go to the camp. It uses contract prison labor. The women are the wives and girlfriends of the convicts. Todd McCauley has one month to go, but Clement won't release him saying he knows where the money he stole is. Todd arranges a breakout. The convicts need horses and head for the drive.

    Director:Jack Arnold

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jack Arnold

    Writer:Unknown
22. 

    7.8/10(157 votes)

    #22 - Incident of a Burst of Evil

    S1:E226/26/1959

    A badly beaten wild man, Bing, says that Comancheros are planning to take the herd. Rowdy befriends a woman, once a countess, now being held by the Comancheros. She offers a mirror for the kindness Rowdy has shown. Rowdy says he couldn't accept it. She sneaks it into his saddlebag. At a trading post the mirror is identified as one taken in a Comanche raid. Rowdy is thought to be a Comanchero and has to fight his way out. Rowdy goes to the Comanchero camp to get Louisa to back up his story and is caught. Loouisa tells Rowdy of the Comancheros plans. Bing was sent by the Comancheros to lead the drive to them.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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