7.8/10135 votes#1 - The Trial
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1960
Daniel Trenner is wanted for court martial because of his cowardice several men is his platoon lost their lives. Josh is after Trenner for other reasons and wants to stop the trial.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Ed Adamson
7.0/10113 votes#2 - The Cure
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1960
Emily Kendrick hires Josh to keep her beloved Harry from drinking himself to death, she has matrimony on her mind and with the arrival of Harry's brother for the wedding, she wants to make sure that all goes as planned.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Ed Adamson
7.9/10138 votes#3 - Journey for Josh
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1960
Josh is delivering a female prisoner and becomes smitten with her, unknown to him is her accomplice, who is following them to break her loose.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Ed Adamson
7.7/10124 votes#4 - The Looters
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1960
Josh is on his way to River City to pick up three prisoners, when an unexpected tornado destroys the jail, killing the sheriff. Josh is on the hunt to recapture the escapees.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.1/10141 votes#5 - The Twain Shall Meet
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1960
Josh allows an Eastern newspaper reporter to go with him on a manhunt for a story.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: N/A
7.4/10105 votes#6 - The Showdown
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1960
Johnny Haywood, a childhood friend of Josh's claims to be innocent of the crime he is accused of. When he escapes, Josh is ordered to bring him back - dead or alive.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ed Adamson
7.4/10106 votes#7 - Surprise Witness
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1960
Josh captures a notorious killer but no one wants to testify against him, until a surprise witness come forward, his mother.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ed Adamson
6.6/10113 votes#8 - To the Victor
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1960
Josh is hired by the men of the town to try and persuade the ladies to return to their homes after rebelling against their husbands gunplay.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ed Adamson
7.6/1098 votes#9 - Criss-Cross
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1960
When Josh brings in the wrong man mistakenly and after his release he finds the real criminal notifying Josh of the mans whereabouts.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10115 votes#10 - The Medicine Man
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1960
Josh and a phony medicine man help out a man who was framed and falsely accused of the theft of a huge sum of money.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: N/A
7.4/10127 votes#11 - One Mother Too Many
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1960
Josh is hired by Beth a widow, to find her runaway son, who is currently in the care of her vindictive mother-in-law.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.9/10122 votes#12 - The Choice
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1960
Jane Koster asks Josh's help with her husband, Frank who is also a bounty hunter. He is out looking for Stacy Lenz with a score to settle and Jane fears for his life.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.0/10120 votes#13 - Three for One
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1960
Josh with prisoner Tom Fellows in tow, stops in the town of Center City overnight, unaware that one of Tom's cohorts is devising a plan to free him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10116 votes#14 - Witch Woman
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/28/1960
Esperanza is not in love with the notorious Guerra and loves another but is too frightened to tell him because he kills any man who looks at her twice. Josh tries to reason with Guerra.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.2/10122 votes#15 - Baa-Baa
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1961
Josh is hired to find Baa-Baa a beloved pet of Mrs. Goode's. Her husband is desperate to find Baa-Baa as he is in the dog house with her until Baa-Baa returns. Josh reluctantly goes and looks for the lost sheep admist much ridicule from other ranchers and cowboys alike.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.6/10131 votes#16 - The Last Retreat
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1961
Sarah Lawton's identification led to killer Clem Robinson's conviction. Now Clem has escaped from prison, and Josh is hired for protection by Mrs. Lawton because her lawyer husband is a coward.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: N/A
8.0/10125 votes#17 - Bounty on Josh
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1961
Josh is asked to meet a client at the hotel, at his arrival he is shot. Josh tries to figure out who is behind the shooting.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Ed Adamson
7.8/10114 votes#18 - Hero in the Dust
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1961
Josh is hired by Harry Weaver to find his twin brother Pete. Pete is using his resemblence to his brother to get away with murder.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.8/10117 votes#19 - Epitaph
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1961
Josh has to find his friend a Sheriff guilty of robbing a bank for a woman. Several other bounty hunters are out looking for the sheriff as well, Josh has to get there first.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
8.3/10166 votes#20 - The Voice of Silence
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1961
Josh is hired by Frank Hagen to protect his deaf-mute daughter Carol Hagen while he's away on business. During Josh's stay at the Hagen Farm, he encounters a strange drifter and former bank robber named Harry Brice accompanied by his criminal partners.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Ed Adamson
7.8/10104 votes#21 - El Gato
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1961
A timid photographer named Archie Warner comes west with hopes of being the first to shoot a photo of a famous Mexican bandit. Josh happens to be a friend of 'El Gato', and is hired by Archie to met him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ed Adamson
7.4/10120 votes#22 - Detour
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1961
Martin Fairweather has two lovely daughters which are the objects of a young man's affection. Papa doesn't want to lose his best cook and best cleaner so he proceeds to chase any possible suitors away. Josh's job is to distract Papa long enough for the girls to elope!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10100 votes#23 - Monday Morning
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1961
Overridden with guilt Charlie Glover hires Josh to help him return the money he stole from his employer. Complications arise when the head head of operations, Sam Vickers finds out.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ed Adamson
6.9/10118 votes#24 - The Long Search
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1961
Yoshika Nakamura comes west to find a man named Bill Timmons who promised to marry her when he visited Japan. Yoshika hires Josh to help her locate Timmons, and during his venture learns about Japanese culture.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1095 votes#25 - Dead Reckoning
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1961
Paul Decker is wanted for murder. His wife asks Josh to find her husband and bring him back alive before the Taggert brothers catch up with him for murdering their brother.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ed Adamson
The Best Episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 3
Every episode of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 3!
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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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Trial" is the best rated episode of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" season 3. It scored 7.8/10 based on 135 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by Ed Adamson, it aired on 9/21/1960. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "The Cure".