Rawhide (TV series)
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Rawhide is an American Western television series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood. The show aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights from January 9, 1959[1] to September 3, 1965 before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965 until December 7, 1965, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes. The series was produced and sometimes directed by Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced early episodes of Gunsmoke. The show is remembered by many for its theme song, "Rawhide".
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Genre | Western |
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Opening theme | "Rawhide" performed by Frankie Laine |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 217 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer | Ben Brady |
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Running time | 50 min. |
Production company | CBS Television Network Productions |
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Network | CBS |
Release | January 9, 1959 (1959-01-09) ā December 7, 1965 (1965-12-07) |
Spanning 7+1ā2 years, Rawhide was the sixth-longest-running American television Western, exceeded only by Wagon Train, The Virginian, Bonanza, Death Valley Days and Gunsmoke.