Rawhide
Incident of the Swindler
TV Flash files “Incident of the Swindler” as hour 164 of 218 in the TV Flash guide — Rawhide (1959–1965) on CBS, season 6, episode 20, aired 1964-02-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E20: listed hour 164 of 218 in the Rawhide guide, hour 20 of 31 in season 6. It aired 1964-02-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Incident of the Pied Piper” (S06E19). Next is “Incident of the Wanderer” (S06E21).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Wishbone frees a conman caught among the herd, and takes off with him. The drovers follow and discover that Wishbone believes he killed a saloon girl in New Orleans.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Incident of the Swindler sit in the Rawhide guide?
S06E20 is listed hour 164 of 218 — hour 20 of 31 in season 6, season 6 episode 20.
When did Rawhide S06E20 air?
Incident of the Swindler aired 1964-02-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Fleming as Favor and Eastwood as Rowdy on the drive — the cattle-drive workplace is the premise from week one.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Rawhide is the cattle-drive procedural: Head 'em up, move 'em out, and Clint Eastwood learning the sneer that later conquered spaghetti westerns. Watch it now as the TV cowboy-to-global-star pipeline in weekly form — trail dust as workplace drama, years before Eastwood became a one-name industry.
The cattle are already moving when the cameras find them — January 9, 1959, CBS, trail boss Gil Favor and ramrod Rowdy Yates punching a weekly clock that looks like dust and sounds like a job. Rawhide is not a campfire postcard. It is a cattle-drive procedural: Head 'em up, move 'em out, and a young Clint Eastwood learning the sneer the later spaghetti years would sell as destiny. Eric Fleming holds the drive. Sheb Wooley and Paul Brinegar's Wishbone keep the workplace from becoming a statue. Charles Marquis…
Filed against
- Eric Fleming as Gil Favor
Eric Fleming drove the herd as Gil Favor on Rawhide — Head 'em up, move 'em out, cattle-drive procedural, and the TV cowboy pipeline that taught a young Clint Eastwood the sneer. Trail dust as workplace drama. TV Flash files him as 1950s…
- Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates
Clint Eastwood played Rowdy Yates on Rawhide — the cattle-drive procedural, head 'em up, move 'em out, a weekly trail that taught a sneer in public. TV cowboy as workplace drama: dust, a crew, years of driving beef as plot. TV Flash files…
- Sheb Wooley as Pete Nolan
Sheb Wooley's Pete Nolan scouted Rawhide as cattle-drive procedural weather — Head 'em up, move 'em out, Clint Eastwood learning the sneer that later conquered spaghetti westerns. Trail dust as workplace drama. TV Flash files him as 1950s…
- Paul Brinegar as Wishbone
Paul Brinegar played Wishbone on Rawhide, the 1950s cattle-drive procedural — head ’em up, move ’em out, trail dust as workplace drama. Clint Eastwood learning the sneer that later conquered other ranges. TV Flash files him as cook-wagon…