Western

Rawhide

At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.

Release Date : 1951-03-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Tom Owens

Original Name : Tyrone Power

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vinnie Holt

Original Name : Susan Hayward

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rafe Zimmerman

Original Name : Hugh Marlowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yancy

Original Name : Dean Jagger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sam Todd

Original Name : Edgar Buchanan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tevis

Original Name : Jack Elam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gratz

Original Name : George Tobias

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luke Davis

Original Name : Jeff Corey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tex Squires

Original Name : James Millican

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fickert

Original Name : Louis Jean Heydt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billy Dent (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Adler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Tucker (uncredited)

Original Name : Milton R. Corey Sr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hawley (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Curtis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Callie Holt (uncredited)

Original Name : Judy Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Hickman (uncredited)

Original Name : Edith Evanson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gil Scott (uncredited)

Original Name : William Haade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old-Timer (uncredited)

Original Name : Si Jenks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Gary Merrill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chickering, Colt Salesman (uncredited)

Original Name : Howard Negley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Hickman (uncredited)

Original Name : Vincent Neptune

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flowers (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Sande

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miner (uncredited)

Original Name : Max Terhune

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Wingate (uncredited)

Original Name : Kenneth Tobey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gilchrist (uncredited)

Original Name : Dan White

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Desperate Siege. Rawhide is directed by Henry Hathaway and written by Dudley Nichols. It stars Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Jack Elam, George Tobias, Dean Jagger and Edgar Buchanan. Music is by Sol Kaplan and Lionel Newman and cinematography by Milton Krasner. A stagecoach station employee and a stranded woman traveller and her baby niece find themselves held hostage by four escaped convicts intending to rob the next day's gold shipment. A Western remake of 1935 crime film Show Them No Mercy, Rawhide is the embodiment of a solid Western production. Beautifully photographed in black and white by Krasner, smoothly performed by a strong cast of actors and seamlessly directed by the astute Hathaway, it builds the hostage plot slowly, tightening the screws of character development a bit at a time, and it unfolds in a blaze of glory come film's end. Characterisations are always interesting, if a bit conventional to anyone who has watched a lot of Oaters. Power is of course our hero in waiting and Hayward is spunky and feisty, I wonder if they will get together romantically? The four convicts are your typical scuzzy types, with Marlowe dominating the screen as the intelligent leader saddled with cohorts he really doesn't care for, while Elam is wonderfully vile as a lecherous loose cannon. The thematics of greed, sexual hostility and jeopardy for Hayward and child keep the pot boiling nicely, so suspense is a constant, and some thought has gone into the writing as regards the convict group dynamic. Sadly Kaplan's musical score is quite often cheese laden, even ridiculously jolly and not at one with the noirish thriller conventions of the story. But regardless of irritating musical interludes, this is a very good Oater and comfortably recommended to Western fans who want more than your standard shoot em' up B pictures. 7.5/10

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2022-09-06

**_Western noir with Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward and Hugh Marlowe_** Four outlaws take captive the residents of a way station in southern Wyoming (Power, Hayward and Edgar Buchanan) while waiting for a stage with a gold shipment. Marlowe plays the head thug while Jack Elam is on hand as his psychotic subordinate. "Rawhide" (1951) is a B&W Western that influenced future ones, like "Hangman's Knot" (1952), “The Tall T” (1956), “Day of the Outlaw” (1959), "Ride Lonesome" (1959), "Comanche Station" (1960) and "Apache Uprising" (1965). It ranks with the best of these. If you remove the opening and closing scenes, which are understandably passé, “Rawhide” holds up in the modern day as a psychological adult Western that's film noir-ish and realistic. While some people favor B&W, I don't (although I can roll with it), and would love to see a colorized version. Susan is a highlight, looking her best along with convincing spunkiness. Meanwhile Power is a quality protagonist, just a regular guy suddenly caught up in a life-or-death situation. The film runs 1 hour, 29 minutes, and was shot at Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, and nearby Olancha, which are located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in central California, about an hour’s drive from the Nevada border and 200 miles north of Hollywood. GRADE: B