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Rawhide (1951)
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2
Viewed:
4/09
4/09:
Sheesh, did I just see one of the worst Western pictures made?
I can't believe the stupidity of Rawhide. The jailed man and woman decide to make a hole through the wall that's so small
that it can fit a child. I mean, what were these two thinking? They're held for only one night. During the duel,
Tyrone Power fires at least ten times from a six-shooter gun without reloading.
Once the climax comes, the archvillain dies early. Instead, the grand prize is a boring shootout between a dorky guy with
the weird-looking buttoned black shirt and an unappealing dude with bulging eyes. Of course, the latter is familiar
as the quack doctor from The Cannonball Run.
Let's go back to the hole digging scene one more time. The pair working on it are never shown dirty as
Susan Hayward's white shirt is pristine. When the baby came out of the hole, I was ready to declare
Rawhide one of the worst films of all time if she was going to pick up the revolver and bring it back to the room.
Meanwhile, the performances are terrible, and none of the thespians belongs in the West. Susan Hayward is the biggest
stinker of them all, and she shouldn't have gotten the role in the first place. The casting of Hugh "Who the Hell Is He?"
Marlowe as Zimmerman is a huge mistake as well.
All in all, armed with a predictable ending, Rawhide is laughably bad.