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The Best Episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1

Every episode of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1!

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...
Genres:WesternAction & AdventureDrama
Network:CBS
Episodes
36
Avg. Rating
7.6
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  • The Fourth Headstone
    8.1/10(190)
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    #1 - 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

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  • Railroaded
    8.1/10(151)
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    #2 - 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

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  • Sheriff of Red Rock
    8.0/10(159)
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    #3 - 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

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  • Die by the Gun
    8.0/10(166)
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    #4 - 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

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  • Six-Up to Bannach
    8.0/10(152)
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    #5 - 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

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  • Call Your Shot
    8.0/10(140)
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    #6 - 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

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  • The Bounty
    7.9/10(180)
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    #7 - 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

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  • The Favor
    7.9/10(158)
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    #8 - 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

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  • Rope Law
    7.9/10(142)
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    #9 - 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

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  • The Legend
    7.9/10(153)
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    #10 - 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

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  • The Kovack Affair
    7.9/10(140)
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    #11 - 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

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  • The Giveaway Gun
    7.8/10(165)
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    #12 - 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

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  • Miracle at Pot Hole
    7.7/10(160)
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    #13 - 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

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  • Eight Cent Reward
    7.7/10(186)
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    #14 - 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

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  • Drop to Drink
    7.7/10(145)
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    #15 - 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

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  • The Spur
    7.7/10(152)
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    #16 - 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

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  • Crossroads
    7.7/10(133)
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    #17 - 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

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  • Ricochet
    7.6/10(152)
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    #18 - 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

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  • Rawhide Breed
    7.6/10(143)
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    #19 - 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

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  • Competition
    7.6/10(135)
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    #20 - 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

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  • Passing of Shawnee Bill
    7.5/10(158)
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    #21 - 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

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  • Reunion for Revenge
    7.5/10(161)
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    #22 - 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

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  • Littlest Client
    7.5/10(138)
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    #23 - 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

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  • The Martin Poster
    7.4/10(256)
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    #24 - 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

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  • Fatal Memory
    7.4/10(193)
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    #25 - 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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Fourth Headstone" is the best rated episode of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 190 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Frank D. Gilroy, it aired on 11/1/1958. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Railroaded".