7.4/10255 votes#1 - 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
7.4/10193 votes#2 - 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
7.9/10179 votes#3 - 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
7.2/10150 votes#4 - 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
7.5/10158 votes#5 - 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
7.9/10163 votes#6 - 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
7.3/10179 votes#7 - 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
7.7/10157 votes#8 - 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
8.1/10183 votes#9 - 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
7.4/10174 votes#10 - 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
7.9/10154 votes#11 - 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
7.6/10150 votes#12 - 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
8.0/10150 votes#13 - 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
8.1/10161 votes#14 - 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
7.6/10140 votes#15 - 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
7.7/10184 votes#16 - 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
7.7/10143 votes#17 - 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
7.9/10138 votes#18 - 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
7.9/10151 votes#19 - 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
7.7/10151 votes#20 - 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
7.5/10160 votes#21 - 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
7.6/10135 votes#22 - 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
8.0/10138 votes#23 - 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
7.2/10136 votes#24 - 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
7.4/10121 votes#25 - 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
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...
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Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Martin Poster" is the best rated episode of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 255 votes. Directed by Thomas Carr and written by N/A, it aired on 9/6/1958. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Fatal Memory".