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The Best Episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1

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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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  1. Background image for The Martin Poster
    7.4/10(273 votes)

    #1 - The Martin Poster

    S1:E1

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

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Fatal Memory
    7.3/10(204 votes)

    #2 - Fatal Memory

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
  3. Background image for The Bounty
    7.9/10(187 votes)

    #3 - The Bounty

    S1:E3

    A vicious Bounty Hunter named Daimler is sought by Josh after Daimler gunned down an elderly fugitive.

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  4. Background image for Dead End
    7.2/10(158 votes)

    #4 - Dead End

    S1:E4

    After being hired to apprehend a ranch worker who stole money and disappeared, Josh undercovers more than he bargained for.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Passing of Shawnee Bill
    7.5/10(163 votes)

    #5 - Passing of Shawnee Bill

    S1:E5

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

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Giveaway Gun
    7.8/10(171 votes)

    #6 - The Giveaway Gun

    S1:E6

    Josh is looking for an unknown gunman which can only be identified by the peculiar way he draws his gun.

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  8. Background image for Ransom for a Nun
    7.3/10(187 votes)

    #7 - Ransom for a Nun

    S1:E7

    Mother Superior asks Josh to find Sister Grace who is being held by outlaws.

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  9. Background image for Miracle at Pot Hole
    7.7/10(167 votes)

    #8 - Miracle at Pot Hole

    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.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Fourth Headstone
    8.0/10(199 votes)

    #9 - The Fourth Headstone

    S1:E9

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

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    Director:Unknown
  11. Background image for Til Death Do Us Part
    7.4/10(186 votes)

    #10 - Til Death Do Us Part

    S1:E10

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Favor
    7.9/10(165 votes)

    #11 - The Favor

    S1:E11

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

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Ricochet
    7.6/10(158 votes)

    #12 - Ricochet

    S1:E12

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Sheriff of Red Rock
    8.0/10(164 votes)

    #13 - Sheriff of Red Rock

    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.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Die by the Gun
    8.0/10(174 votes)

    #14 - Die by the Gun

    S1:E14

    Aboard a stagecoach with prisoner in hand, Josh and the Coach driver are attacked by escapees heading for the Mexican border.

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    Director:Don McDougall
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Rawhide Breed
    7.6/10(150 votes)

    #15 - Rawhide Breed

    S1:E15

    The Kreager brothers are on the trail of Josh and his prisoner, when a sudden attack by Apaches leaves his prisoner dead.

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    Director:Unknown
  17. Background image for Eight Cent Reward
    7.7/10(193 votes)

    #16 - Eight Cent Reward

    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.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Drop to Drink
    7.7/10(153 votes)

    #17 - Drop to Drink

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Rope Law
    7.9/10(149 votes)

    #18 - Rope Law

    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.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Six-Up to Bannach
    8.0/10(159 votes)

    #19 - Six-Up to Bannach

    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.

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    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Spur
    7.7/10(161 votes)

    #20 - The Spur

    S1:E20

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Reunion for Revenge
    7.6/10(170 votes)

    #21 - Reunion for Revenge

    S1:E21

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Competition
    7.5/10(143 votes)

    #22 - Competition

    S1:E22

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Call Your Shot
    7.9/10(148 votes)

    #23 - Call Your Shot

    S1:E23

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

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for Secret Ballot
    7.2/10(143 votes)

    #24 - Secret Ballot

    S1:E24

    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.""

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    Director:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Corner
    7.4/10(126 votes)

    #25 - The Corner

    S1:E25

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

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    Writer:Unknown

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 273 votes. Directed by Thomas Carr and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/6/1958. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Fatal Memory".