Along with Wagon Train and Gunsmoke, Rawhide has great stories and is most close to what the Real West was like. Being a cattle driver was very hard and insecure employment. There was no guarantees and long hours. Rawhide shows what a tough job being a cowboy really was. Also, Clint Eastwood was not even the star. He had not made the spaghetti westerns yet. Eric Fleming was the star. He died in an accident while making a film in 1966. Eric Fleming had an interesting life, and he displayed his real life in being the tough leader.
