Rawhide (TV series)
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Genre: Western
Starring: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Sheb Wooley, John Ireland, Raymond St. Jacques
Theme music composer: Dimitri Tiomkin (Music), Ned Washington (Lyrics)
Opening theme: “Rawhide” performed by Frankie Laine
Composers: Bernard Herrmann, Rudy Schrager, Nathan Scott, Fred Steiner
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number of seasons: 8
Number of episodes: 217
Production:
Executive producer: Ben Brady
Producers: Endre Bohem, Vincent M. Fennelly, Bruce Geller, Bernard L. Kowalski, Charles Marquis Warren, Robert E. Thompson
Locations: California, Tucumcari, New Mexico
Cinematography: Neal Beckner, Philip H. Lathrop, John M. Nickolaus, Jr., Howard Schwartz, Jack Swain
Editors: James Baiotto, Leon Barsha, Gene Fowler, Jr., George A. Gittens, Frank Gross, Roland Gross, Jack Kampschroer, George Watters
Running time: 50 min.
Release:
Original network: CBS
Audio format: Monaural
Original release: January 9, 1959 - December 7, 1965

Rawhide is an American Western TV series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood. The show aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965, until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black and white episodes. The series was produced and sometimes directed by Charles Marquis Warren, who also produced early episodes of Gunsmoke. Spanning seven and a half years, Rawhide was the sixth longest running American television Western, exceeded only by eight years of Wagon Train, nine years of The Virginian, fourteen years of Bonanza, eighteen years of Death Valley Days, and twenty years of Gunsmoke.