Rawhide, which premiered in 1959, had several virtues that Gunsmoke lacked. More than anything else, Gunsmoke was about family and the need for order and rough justice in the lawless West. The world inhabited by Matt Dillon and his friends was mostly confined to a few sets. Rawhide, on the other hand, was about a lot of cows and a handful of guys who slept under the stars. It was about getting from Point A to Point B and little else. The Sedalia Trail was a far different world than the c
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