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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 1 - The Martin Poster
    7.4/10(279 votes)

    #1 - The Martin Poster

    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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  2. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 2 - Fatal Memory
    7.4/10(216 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.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  3. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 3 - The Bounty
    7.9/10(196 votes)

    #3 - The Bounty

    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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  4. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 4 - Dead End
    7.2/10(166 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.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 5 - Passing of Shawnee Bill
    7.5/10(172 votes)

    #5 - Passing of Shawnee Bill

    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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  6. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 6 - The Giveaway Gun
    7.8/10(179 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.

    Director:Don McDougall
    Writer:Frank D. Gilroy

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  7. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 7 - Ransom for a Nun
    7.3/10(199 votes)

    #7 - Ransom for a Nun

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Don McDougall
    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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  8. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 8 - Miracle at Pot Hole
    7.7/10(177 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.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 9 - The Fourth Headstone
    8.1/10(210 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Frank D. Gilroy

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  10. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 10 - Til Death Do Us Part
    7.4/10(196 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  11. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 11 - The Favor
    7.9/10(176 votes)

    #11 - The Favor

    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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  12. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 12 - Ricochet
    7.5/10(167 votes)

    #12 - Ricochet

    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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  13. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 13 - Sheriff of Red Rock
    7.9/10(171 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.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 14 - Die by the Gun
    8.0/10(178 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.

    Director:Don McDougall
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 15 - Rawhide Breed
    7.6/10(156 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Samuel A. Peeples

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  16. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 16 - Eight Cent Reward
    7.8/10(210 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.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 17 - Drop to Drink
    7.7/10(157 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 18 - Rope Law
    7.9/10(155 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.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 19 - Six-Up to Bannach
    7.9/10(168 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.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 20 - The Spur
    7.7/10(169 votes)

    #20 - The Spur

    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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  21. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 21 - Reunion for Revenge
    7.5/10(178 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.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 22 - Competition
    7.5/10(148 votes)

    #22 - Competition

    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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  23. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 23 - Call Your Shot
    7.9/10(154 votes)

    #23 - Call Your Shot

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Fred Freiberger

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  24. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 24 - Secret Ballot
    7.2/10(147 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.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  25. Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 Episode 25 - The Corner
    7.4/10(130 votes)

    #25 - The Corner

    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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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 279 votes. Directed by Thomas Carr and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/6/1958. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Fatal Memory".