"Rawhide" Incident of the Valley in Shadow (1959)

Director:

Harmon Jones

Writer:

Buckley Angell (written by)

TV Series:

"Rawhide" (1959)

Original Air Date:

20 November 1959 (Season 2, Episode 10)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Western

Plot:

Driving a herd through Cheyenne country, Favor finds out some of his hands may have hired on for more than just the beeves. There is a large reward being offered for a white girl who has been missing since she was a small child.

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Cattle Drive | Cult TV | Horse | Famous Theme

Cast

Eric Fleming	...	Gil Favor
Clint Eastwood	...	Rowdy Yates
Sheb Wooley	...	Pete Nolan
Paul Brinegar	...	Wishbone
James Murdock	...	Mushy
Steve Raines	...	Jim Quince
Rocky Shahan	...	Joe Scarlet
Rick Jason	...	Manso
Fay Spain	...	Winoka
Leo Gordon	...	Daggett
Arthur Batanides	...	Beckstrom
John Cole	...	Houk
Don C. Harvey	...	Collins (as Don Harvey)
John Erwin	...	Teddy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Milan Smith	...	Kyle (uncredited)
William R. Thompkins	...	Drover (uncredited)

Directed by
Harmon Jones

Writing credits
Buckley Angell		(written by)

Produced by
Ernest J. Nims	....	associate producer (as Ernest Nims)
Charles Marquis Warren	....	producer

Cinematography by
John M. Nickolaus Jr.		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jack Kampschroer

Casting by
Russel Trost

Art Direction by
John B. Goodman

Set Decoration by
Ray Jeffers

Makeup Department
Jack Dusick	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Harry Templeton	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bert Chervin	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Larry Jost	....	sound mixer
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor (as Frank Milton)

Music Department
Milton Anderson	....	music supervisor (as Milt Anderson)
John Elizalde	....	music editor
Frankie Laine	....	singer: theme music
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	composer: theme music
Ned Washington	....	lyricist: theme music

Other crew
Endre Bohem	....	story editor

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1959) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Explosive-Media (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

60 min | 52 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Canada:G (video rating) | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

This episode was barely changed and the guest roles recast in season 7 episode 20 as "The Violent Land".

Quotes:

Gil Favor:There's money in beef, but it doesn't come easy. There's a market for all the steers you can raise. But it's a thousand miles away. You get top prices only for top cattle. Pushin' the herd up the trail is only half the job. You've gotta get in there in good shape. It takes tough men workin' long hours for low wages, starin' trouble in the face at every bend in the trail. I'm one of 'em. Gil Favor, trail boss.

too sugary, coincidental, clichéd, unbelievable

I loved the "Rawhide" series when I watched it as a kid. And I know that these Western stories are "morality plays," that one should gulp a strong dose of "suspension of disbelief" to enjoy them. However there has to be a limit. This episode was an embarrassment -- so saccharine and filled with corny clichés and unbelievable actions and coincidences. Most of the Westerns I have seen that involve Indians are like that.

Among the many things that disturbed me here included:

¶ Favor, riding alone, just happens to encounter and rescue the Indian chief who resides with the "captive white girl" the bounty hunter who joined the cattle drive was after. ¶ the white captive girl having the identifying jewelry with her initials. ¶ Favor endangering the herd, all for the sake of one white "captive," who may have wanted to stay with the Indians anyway. That annoyed me the most. ¶ Favor forgoing the $8000 reward (huge for the time). ¶ the Chief willing to fight to keep the "captive white girl" (his future bride-to-be), then encouraging her to return to her white family after she returns to him. ¶ Favor, and others, riding off alone in wilderness away from the other trail hands.