Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.
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Episode 1 - The Martin Poster
Release Date: 1958-09-06Josh takes matters into his own hands after Marshall Jeff Wilcox is killed by the Martin brothers.
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Episode 2 - Fatal Memory
Release Date: 1958-09-13While on the trail of an Army deserter, Josh is surprised to find fake wanted posters for Colonel Sykes; the Army Commander that he served under.
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Episode 3 - The Bounty
Release Date: 1958-09-20A vicious Bounty Hunter named Daimler is sought by Josh after Daimler gunned down an elderly fugitive.
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Episode 4 - Dead End
Release Date: 1958-09-27After being hired to apprehend a ranch worker who stole money and disappeared, Josh undercovers more than he bargained for.
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Episode 5 - Passing of Shawnee Bill
Release Date: 1958-10-04After a crooked poker game, Josh is led to believe that his opponent is Shawnee Bill.
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Episode 6 - The Giveaway Gun
Release Date: 1958-10-11Josh is looking for an unknown gunman which can only be identified by the peculiar way he draws his gun.
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Episode 7 - Ransom for a Nun
Release Date: 1958-10-18Mother Superior asks Josh to find Sister Grace who is being held by outlaws.
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Episode 8 - Miracle at Pot Hole
Release Date: 1958-10-25Josh hands over a criminal to Sheriff Wilson and finds out the sheriff is a crook. He begins to doubt the guilt of his so-called criminal.
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Episode 9 - The Fourth Headstone
Release Date: 1958-11-01Josh is hired on the help transport a female prisoner who has murdered three men to another jail.
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Episode 10 - Til Death Do Us Part
Release Date: 1958-11-08Beautiful Stacy Torrance is wanted for the murder of her husband, but when Josh finds her husband still alive he tries to have the charges cleared.
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Episode 11 - The Favor
Release Date: 1958-11-15Josh searches for a robbery suspect in a town called VanHorne run by outlaws.
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Episode 12 - Ricochet
Release Date: 1958-11-22Josh is hired to look for a missing husband and ends up in a murder conspiracy.
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Episode 13 - Sheriff of Red Rock
Release Date: 1958-11-29The Sheriff of Red Rock allows his prisoners to escape, so two bounty hunters can collect the reward and split it three ways.
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Episode 14 - Die by the Gun
Release Date: 1958-12-06Aboard a stagecoach with prisoner in hand, Josh and the Coach driver are attacked by escapees heading for the Mexican border.
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Episode 15 - Rawhide Breed
Release Date: 1958-12-13The Kreager brothers are on the trail of Josh and his prisoner, when a sudden attack by Apaches leaves his prisoner dead.
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Episode 16 - Eight Cent Reward
Release Date: 1958-12-20A poor family with not much and hopes destroyed by storms and rustlers who want their land. Josh tries to help and right at Christmas a small miracle does occur.
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Episode 17 - Drop to Drink
Release Date: 1958-12-27After a Pony Express carrier is held up and the courier with a $20,000 diamond ring go missing. Josh is hired to find him.
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Episode 18 - Rope Law
Release Date: 1959-01-03Josh returns with his prisoner Brace Logan and a lynch mob overtakes him. A little too late the townspeople realize that Logan was innocent and that the guilty party is some well respected.
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Episode 19 - Six-Up to Bannach
Release Date: 1959-01-10Josh is on his way to Bannach to prevent the execution of an innocent man and he must travel by stagecoach one that is carrying boxes of dynamite.
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Episode 20 - The Spur
Release Date: 1959-01-17Josh is hunting for wanted murderer Vic Warsaw when he finds out that his bounty was gunned down.
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Episode 21 - Reunion for Revenge
Release Date: 1959-01-24Intent on revenge several escaped convicts confront Josh's prisoner who is responsible for them going to jail.
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Episode 22 - Competition
Release Date: 1959-01-31Josh is confronted by two bounty hunters who think he is onto a big paying job.
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Episode 23 - Call Your Shot
Release Date: 1959-02-07Josh is hired by Gabe Henshaw to find his son Will.
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Episode 24 - Secret Ballot
Release Date: 1959-02-14Randall's old war buddy Ned Easter is running for mayor in a town governed by corrupt mayor Barney Pax and his brother Steve, whom he has made sheriff. The Pax brothers avoid honest competition by shooting up Ned's rallies and such. Ned's wife Carole has summoned Randall to stand by Ned in case of trouble, but doesn't want Ned to know she did so. It so happens that Randall has a wanted poster on Steve, for ""shooting up half of Colorado.""
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Episode 25 - The Corner
Release Date: 1959-02-21Accused of killing a friend, bounty hunter Josh Randall tries to prove himself innocent.
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Episode 26 - Eager Man
Release Date: 1959-02-28Fugitive Ted Nelson will surrender to his friend Josh Randall, if his wife shares the reward. Gar Foley also a bounty hunter has other ideas.
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Episode 27 - The Legend
Release Date: 1959-03-07Josh is hired by Sam McGarrett to lead him with his son and daughter into the Mesa desert to find a hundred year old treasure.
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Episode 28 - Railroaded
Release Date: 1959-03-14Josh comes to the defense of a boy accused of murdering an Undercover Pinkerton detective aboard the train.
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Episode 29 - Double Fee
Release Date: 1959-03-21An Opera Singer hires Josh to find her sister who has been kidnapped and is being held ransom.
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Episode 30 - The Kovack Affair
Release Date: 1959-03-28Josh is called by his old friend Jesse to help Meaghan keep her hotel from the hands of corrupt Kovack.
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Episode 31 - Bounty for a Bride
Release Date: 1959-04-04A man hires Josh Randall to persuade his daughter to come back home. The girl, who was kidnapped by Indians years before, refuses to return because she feels that the Indians are now her people.
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Episode 32 - Crossroads
Release Date: 1959-04-11Josh is on the track of a suspected murderer, when the father tries to avert his sons capture.
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Episode 33 - Angels of Vengeance
Release Date: 1959-04-18Josh kills a young man in self-defense, the victim's father, the head of a religious cult, then orders Josh's death.
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Episode 34 - Littlest Client
Release Date: 1959-04-25Josh is hired by a 10 year old girl to find her father, she refuses to believe that he is dead.
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Episode 35 - The Conquerers
Release Date: 1959-05-02A Banker hires Josh to find his runaway son. The boy has joined a mercenary army that preys on small Mexican villages.
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Episode 36 - Amos Carter
Release Date: 1959-05-09Josh tries to reconcil two families whose feud has reached dangerous proportions.