Rawhide (TV series)

• Eric Fleming: Gil Favor ( Trail Boss)
• Clint Eastwood: Rowdy Yates ( foreman )
• Paul Brinegar: George Washington Wishbone ( Koch)
• Steve Raines: Jim Quince ( cattle driver)
• James Murdock: Harkness " Mushy " Mushgrove III ( assistant to the chef )
• Rocky Shahan: Joe Scarlet ( cattle driver)
• Robert Cabal: Jesús "Hey Soos " Patines (horse keeper )
• Sheb Wooley: Pete Nolan ( Scout )
• William R. Thompkins: Toothless

One thousand miles of dust, even Cowboys ( original title Rawhide ), is produced from 1959 to 1966 from the U.S. television channel CBS 217 -part western series.

Action

The series tells the adventures of livestock herders ( cowboys ) that they experience on their way through the U.S. steppes. Chief of the trek is Gil Favor, his side are a lot of helpers, including the hothead Rowdy Yates and the trek cook Wishbone.

Background

One thousand miles of dust was ongoing at the fifth longest western series on U.S. television, which was surpassed only by Wagon Train, The Men from Shiloh Ranch, Bonanza and Gunsmoke. The series made ​​the actor Clint Eastwood a star, even though he played only a minor role.

The ARD beamed 1965/66 under the title Cowboys 13 episodes from. The entire series was shown up to a rollicking sequence, first from 1991 to 1994 on Pro 7 titled one thousand miles of dust.

Music

The theme music was written by the Russian-born Dimitri Tiomkin, whose biggest music success of the movie was twelve clock noon. The text wrote Ned Washington and sung the theme song by Frankie Laine. Rawhide experienced numerous cover versions and has also been used in other films, so wear it in front of the Blues Brothers, Blues Brothers and it is used for background music in Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns.

Awards

Others

Under the original title Rawhide various other films were released in 1926 as a movie by Richard Thorpe, 1938, a film by Ray Taylor and 1951, one of Henry Hathaway (English title Two in the trap ).