Blu-ray Review – Rawhide

What's most surprising about 1951's "Rawhide" is its ferocity, refusing to go soft as it explores rising tensions between stagecoach service officials (including Tyrone Power) and a single mother (Susan Hayward), and an outlaw gang who's taken over the station, searching for a shipment of gold. The essentials in antagonism are there, but "Rawhide" has real snap, detailing troubling times with terrific performances and a sense of danger that separates it from the traditional black hat/white hat entertainment of the day. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com