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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!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 9 - The Fourth Headstone
    8.1/10(228 votes)

    S1:E9

    Josh is hired on the help transport a female prisoner who has murdered three men to another jail.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Frank D. Gilroy

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  2. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 11 - The Favor
    8.0/10(186 votes)

    S1:E11

    Josh searches for a robbery suspect in a town called VanHorne run by outlaws.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 13 - Sheriff of Red Rock
    8.0/10(179 votes)

    S1:E13

    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

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  4. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 14 - Die by the Gun
    8.0/10(191 votes)

    S1:E14

    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

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  5. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 19 - Six-Up to Bannach
    8.0/10(180 votes)

    S1:E19

    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

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  6. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 23 - Call Your Shot
    8.0/10(165 votes)

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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  7. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 28 - Railroaded
    8.0/10(176 votes)

    S1:E28

    Josh comes to the defense of a boy accused of murdering an Undercover Pinkerton detective aboard the train.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 30 - The Kovack Affair
    8.0/10(173 votes)

    S1:E30

    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

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  9. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 3 - The Bounty
    7.9/10(219 votes)

    S1:E3

    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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  10. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 6 - The Giveaway Gun
    7.9/10(194 votes)

    S1:E6

    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

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  11. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 18 - Rope Law
    7.9/10(167 votes)

    S1:E18

    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

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  12. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 16 - Eight Cent Reward
    7.8/10(217 votes)

    S1:E16

    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

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  13. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 27 - The Legend
    7.8/10(179 votes)

    S1:E27

    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

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  14. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 8 - Miracle at Pot Hole
    7.7/10(191 votes)

    S1:E8

    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

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  15. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 17 - Drop to Drink
    7.7/10(167 votes)

    S1:E17

    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

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  16. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 20 - The Spur
    7.7/10(181 votes)

    S1:E20

    Josh is hunting for wanted murderer Vic Warsaw when he finds out that his bounty was gunned down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 32 - Crossroads
    7.7/10(154 votes)

    S1:E32

    Josh is on the track of a suspected murderer, when the father tries to avert his sons capture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 5 - Passing of Shawnee Bill
    7.6/10(186 votes)

    S1:E5

    After a crooked poker game, Josh is led to believe that his opponent is Shawnee Bill.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 12 - Ricochet
    7.6/10(178 votes)

    S1:E12

    Josh is hired to look for a missing husband and ends up in a murder conspiracy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 15 - Rawhide Breed
    7.6/10(166 votes)

    S1:E15

    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

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  21. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 22 - Competition
    7.6/10(159 votes)

    S1:E22

    Josh is confronted by two bounty hunters who think he is onto a big paying job.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 1 - The Martin Poster
    7.5/10(309 votes)

    S1:E1

    Josh takes matters into his own hands after Marshall Jeff Wilcox is killed by the Martin brothers.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 21 - Reunion for Revenge
    7.5/10(188 votes)

    S1:E21

    Intent on revenge several escaped convicts confront Josh's prisoner who is responsible for them going to jail.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 25 - The Corner
    7.5/10(140 votes)

    S1:E25

    Accused of killing a friend, bounty hunter Josh Randall tries to prove himself innocent.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 36 - Amos Carter
    7.5/10(165 votes)

    S1:E36

    Josh tries to reconcil two families whose feud has reached dangerous proportions.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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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 228 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Frank D. Gilroy, it aired on 11/1/1958. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Favor".