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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

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Season 1

8.1/10207 votes
The Fourth Headstone
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/1958
Josh is hired on the help transport a female prisoner who has murdered three men to another jail.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Frank D. Gilroy
8.0/10178 votes
Die by the Gun
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/1958
Aboard a stagecoach with prisoner in hand, Josh and the Coach driver are attacked by escapees heading for the Mexican border.
Director: Don McDougall
Writer: Unknown
8.0/10159 votes
Railroaded
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/14/1959
Josh comes to the defense of a boy accused of murdering an Undercover Pinkerton detective aboard the train.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.9/10195 votes
The Bounty
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1958
A vicious Bounty Hunter named Daimler is sought by Josh after Daimler gunned down an elderly fugitive.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Samuel A. Peeples
7.9/10173 votes
The Favor
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1958
Josh searches for a robbery suspect in a town called VanHorne run by outlaws.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.9/10169 votes
Sheriff of Red Rock
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/1958
The Sheriff of Red Rock allows his prisoners to escape, so two bounty hunters can collect the reward and split it three ways.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.9/10155 votes
Rope Law
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/3/1959
Josh 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.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.9/10167 votes
Six-Up to Bannach
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/10/1959
Josh 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.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.9/10153 votes
Call Your Shot
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/7/1959
Josh is hired by Gabe Henshaw to find his son Will.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Fred Freiberger
7.9/10156 votes
The Kovack Affair
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 3/28/1959
Josh is called by his old friend Jesse to help Meaghan keep her hotel from the hands of corrupt Kovack.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.8/10178 votes
The Giveaway Gun
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1958
Josh is looking for an unknown gunman which can only be identified by the peculiar way he draws his gun.
Director: Don McDougall
Writer: Frank D. Gilroy
7.8/10209 votes
Eight Cent Reward
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/20/1958
A 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.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.8/10165 votes
The Legend
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/7/1959
Josh is hired by Sam McGarrett to lead him with his son and daughter into the Mesa desert to find a hundred year old treasure.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.7/10175 votes
Miracle at Pot Hole
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1958
Josh 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.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.7/10156 votes
Drop to Drink
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/27/1958
After a Pony Express carrier is held up and the courier with a $20,000 diamond ring go missing. Josh is hired to find him.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.7/10167 votes
The Spur
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/17/1959
Josh is hunting for wanted murderer Vic Warsaw when he finds out that his bounty was gunned down.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.6/10154 votes
Rawhide Breed
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/13/1958
The Kreager brothers are on the trail of Josh and his prisoner, when a sudden attack by Apaches leaves his prisoner dead.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Samuel A. Peeples
7.6/10141 votes
Crossroads
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 4/11/1959
Josh is on the track of a suspected murderer, when the father tries to avert his sons capture.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.5/10170 votes
Passing of Shawnee Bill
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1958
After a crooked poker game, Josh is led to believe that his opponent is Shawnee Bill.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.5/10164 votes
Ricochet
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/1958
Josh is hired to look for a missing husband and ends up in a murder conspiracy.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.5/10177 votes
Reunion for Revenge
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/24/1959
Intent on revenge several escaped convicts confront Josh's prisoner who is responsible for them going to jail.
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Writer: Unknown
7.5/10148 votes
Competition
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/31/1959
Josh is confronted by two bounty hunters who think he is onto a big paying job.
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Writer: Unknown
7.4/10277 votes
The Martin Poster
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1958
Josh takes matters into his own hands after Marshall Jeff Wilcox is killed by the Martin brothers.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.4/10214 votes
Fatal Memory
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1958
While 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.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Don Brinkley
7.4/10193 votes
Til Death Do Us Part
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1958
Beautiful 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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Don Brinkley
7.4/10130 votes
The Corner
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 2/21/1959
Accused of killing a friend, bounty hunter Josh Randall tries to prove himself innocent.
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Writer: Unknown
7.4/10145 votes
Littlest Client
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 4/25/1959
Josh is hired by a 10 year old girl to find her father, she refuses to believe that he is dead.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.4/10151 votes
Amos Carter
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 5/9/1959
Josh tries to reconcil two families whose feud has reached dangerous proportions.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.3/10197 votes
Ransom for a Nun
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1958
Mother Superior asks Josh to find Sister Grace who is being held by outlaws.
Director: Don McDougall
Writer: Fred Freiberger
7.3/10142 votes
Eager Man
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 2/28/1959
Fugitive Ted Nelson will surrender to his friend Josh Randall, if his wife shares the reward. Gar Foley also a bounty hunter has other ideas.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.3/10150 votes
Angels of Vengeance
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 4/18/1959
Josh kills a young man in self-defense, the victim's father, the head of a religious cult, then orders Josh's death.
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Writer: Charles Beaumont
7.2/10165 votes
Dead End
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1958
After being hired to apprehend a ranch worker who stole money and disappeared, Josh undercovers more than he bargained for.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.2/10147 votes
Secret Ballot
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/14/1959
Randall'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.""
Director: Unknown
Writer: Don Brinkley
7.2/10129 votes
The Conquerers
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/2/1959
A Banker hires Josh to find his runaway son. The boy has joined a mercenary army that preys on small Mexican villages.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Unknown
7.1/10135 votes
Double Fee
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 3/21/1959
An Opera Singer hires Josh to find her sister who has been kidnapped and is being held ransom.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.5/10148 votes
Bounty for a Bride
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/4/1959
A 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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Samuel A. Peeples