in the hollywood west those trail hand be a rough bunch who when they come to town and partied pretty hardy . after all trail driving be a lonely business back in the day before railroad get to all part of the usa . the drover who work for trail bos gil favor a play by eric fleming be no different . but fleming be a man of all business and he have a job to do and hire a top crew to do it . with the long run of rawhide and the fact that the regular stay with it for the most part and we get to know all the drover at some point . a some point story line be focus around all of them and though the bulk be with fleming and clint eastwood character rowdy yates and the number 2 guy with the herd . clint eastwood western image be mold by rawhide and it a shame that these be not show more often . probably because they be do in black and white . have this be an nbc show and this would have be do in color like bonanza and be run as often a those show be . we would get to see a lot more of a man who become a move legend . ironically enough it be eric fleming who leave the show before it close to do film . he do a few them and be hop the show would give him a bankable movie name . sadly he be kill on a movie location do an action film and drown in a river . have he live he might have become a name like eastwood . clint take over a trail bos in the last season and then the show complete it run . and he of course become the icon he be today and not just in the western genre . rawhide be a tough western who have some tough guy in it . no frill in this one and these be work cowboy just do a job and battle the element and whatever situation they be throw into every year . they really do not make television series like these any more . what a pity .