Josh is hired by an attractive woman to find and clear the name of her father wrongly accused of murder. The real killer hires Jason to find the same man too.

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Steve McQueen

George Blair

Triple Vice

Tolliver Bender

A kid is the key for Josh to find Johnny Deuce who cheated during   a poker game and took a lot of money off Josh. Now Josh goes after Deuce in order to get his money back.

Montana Kid

Tom takes his very ill son away from medical help and takes him to a witch a so called healer jeopardizing his sons full recovery.

The Healing Woman

Josh reluctantly plays matchmaker and enlists the aid of Amy Williams to teach Charlie the proper way to behave and act so that he can confidently find his own bride.

The Matchmaker

Prison officials allow Randall to help Tom Dunn escape in order to retrieve the missing fifty thousand dollars Dunn had stolen.

Breakout

While hot on the trail of a murderer, Josh comes across a man about to be lynched by a group of vigilanties. The victim happens to be the same man that Randall has been chasing.

Estralita

Josh delivers Jumbo Kane, a highly dangerous and already sentenced to death man. Soon after he has handed him over to the sheriff, Kane takes the sheriff by surprise and kills him.

The Hostage

Josh delivers a prisoner to the sheriff, in the morning Josh realizes that there was an impostor and that the prisoner has successfully escaped with his cohort.

The Empty Cell

After selling a customer a defective gun, Josh is hired to retrieve the dangerous weapon.

Bad Gun

Recruited by the army, Josh seeks the horses and the deserter who stole them. And he finds both the horses and the man - in custody of the town's marshal. But the marshal, who's ruling the town with an iron fist, isn't willing to give them back.

The Tyrant

Well-known businessman Tate Bradley hires Josh and other bounty hunters to find Tony Egan who killed his son, but was ruled an accident. When Randall finds the supposed killer and returns him. Bradley refuses to pay the bounty because Egan is still alive.

Reckless

Josh manages to track down Juan Gomez in the desert near the Mexican border where he's living now with his family. His nephew Pachito rides in to protect his uncle. (Afterall he is the future Pancho Villa).

Desert Seed

Josh delivers Dan Murdock, wanted for multiple murders, in Mesa City. Josh learns that the local sheriff is the brother of Crazy Horse's deputy, one of the victims, and it's unlikely that Murdock will arrive safely. Josh goes along to make sure that he does.

Twelve Hours to Crazy Horse

Joe Hooker, after raiding a bank on behalf of his brother Ben, is bitten by a dog with rabies. Upon learning this, the sheriff ends his pursuit. Josh, however, decides to go after Hooker anyway.

No Trail Back

Charley Red Cloud is blamed for the murder of Will Bascomb. Bascomb's brother, Merv places a high bounty on Red Cloud.

Man on Horseback

After being arrested for a minor offence, Josh is put on the chain gang and put to work on the local mine.

Chain Gang

On the trail of bank robber Bart McCready, Josh discovers that he is posing as an escape artist named ""The Great Bartolo"".

Vanishing Act

An amnesia victim has posters up asking for help finding information about himself.

Mental Lapse

Angela Pryor is seeking revenge against the man who murderer her father during a burglary. Josh is also after the same man for other crimes.

Angela

Josh goes after an elephant trainer who is using the animal to scare away the whole town so he can rob the town blind.

The Monster

John Garth comes to town looking for his darling Lil, he feels something terrible has happened. There was a fire in the saloon and he thinks she died.

The Most Beautiful Woman

Josh caught 'Doc' Phillips, the partner of Clell Fennon, and now wants to use him as a bait to get Fennon - worth $5.000 - himself.

Jason

Josh gets arrested - for horse theft. Then he finds out it was Jason who wants him behind bars because Jason wants to go after Billy Joe Henry alone.

The Partners

Josh needs Tolliver's testimony in a nearby town unfortunately Amos McKenna wants to hang Tolliver and will only allow him to go if one of the two Josh or Jason stays in his place.

Josh and Jason go to Mexico Al Hemp's brother Billy. Al took the blame for Billy's crime and ends up waiting for his brother a no show.

Josh goes after a Korean named Sammy Wong wanted for murder. His hands are his deadly weapon, being the karate expert that he is.

Black Belt

The good townspeople hire gunmen to kill Randy Holleran who is responsible for several deaths and trouble in the town. Josh is asked by the father to help protect his son.

The Pariah

Josh captures and returns a wanted recruit to an Army Camp. The commanding officer re-instates the wanted man and refuses to pay Randall his bounty money.

Vendetta

Josh and Jason are on the trail of an outlaw wanted for murder in   Arizona. The outlaw's wife is also seeking her husband.

Death Divided by Three

Clint Davis a blind and dying rancher hires Josh to find his renegade son.

The Inheritance

Josh and Jason are delivering four criminals unaware that a stranger is following them to seek revenge on those criminals.

Prison Trail

Bank of Pinto having been robbed hires Josh to go to Santa Fe to replenish the funds.

Pay-Off at Pinto

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 a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television.

The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.

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