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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...
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Season 1

  • The Martin Poster
    7.4/10256 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Fatal Memory
    7.4/10193 votes
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    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

  • The Bounty
    7.9/10180 votes
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    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

  • Dead End
    7.2/10151 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Passing of Shawnee Bill
    7.5/10158 votes
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    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: N/A

  • The Giveaway Gun
    7.9/10164 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: Frank D. Gilroy

  • Ransom for a Nun
    7.3/10180 votes
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    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: Thomas Carr

    Writer: Fred Freiberger

  • Miracle at Pot Hole
    7.7/10160 votes
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    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: N/A

  • The Fourth Headstone
    8.1/10189 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: Frank D. Gilroy

  • Til Death Do Us Part
    7.4/10178 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • The Favor
    7.9/10157 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Ricochet
    7.6/10150 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sheriff of Red Rock
    8.0/10152 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Die by the Gun
    8.0/10165 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Rawhide Breed
    7.5/10142 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: Samuel A. Peeples

  • Eight Cent Reward
    7.7/10185 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Drop to Drink
    7.7/10144 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rope Law
    7.9/10138 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Six-Up to Bannach
    7.9/10151 votes
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    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: N/A

  • The Spur
    7.7/10151 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reunion for Revenge
    7.5/10161 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Competition
    7.6/10135 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Call Your Shot
    8.0/10138 votes
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    Call Your Shot

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/7/1959

    Josh is hired by Gabe Henshaw to find his son Will.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Fred Freiberger

  • Secret Ballot
    7.2/10136 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: Don Brinkley

  • The Corner
    7.4/10121 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Eager Man
    7.4/10130 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Legend
    7.9/10152 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Railroaded
    8.1/10149 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Double Fee
    7.1/10124 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Kovack Affair
    7.9/10138 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Bounty for a Bride
    6.5/10137 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: Samuel A. Peeples

  • Crossroads
    7.6/10132 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Angels of Vengeance
    7.3/10139 votes
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    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

  • Littlest Client
    7.4/10135 votes
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    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: N/A

  • The Conquerers
    7.2/10120 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Amos Carter
    7.4/10139 votes
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    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: N/A