Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958
6.8
3 Seasons
Western Action & Adventure Drama

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.

Season

Episodes

Episode 1
Ep 1

The Martin Poster

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

Episode 2
Ep 2

Fatal Memory

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.

Episode 3
Ep 3

The Bounty

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

Episode 4
Ep 4

Dead End

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

Episode 5
Ep 5

Passing of Shawnee Bill

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

Episode 6
Ep 6

The Giveaway Gun

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

Episode 7
Ep 7

Ransom for a Nun

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

Episode 8
Ep 8

Miracle at Pot Hole

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.

Episode 9
Ep 9

The Fourth Headstone

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

Episode 10
Ep 10

Til Death Do Us Part

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.

Episode 11
Ep 11

The Favor

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

Episode 12
Ep 12

Ricochet

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

Episode 13
Ep 13

Sheriff of Red Rock

The Sheriff of Red Rock allows his prisoners to escape, so two bounty hunters can collect the reward and split it three ways.

Episode 14
Ep 14

Die by the Gun

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

Episode 15
Ep 15

Rawhide Breed

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

Episode 16
Ep 16

Eight Cent Reward

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.

Episode 17
Ep 17

Drop to Drink

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.

Episode 18
Ep 18

Rope Law

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.

Episode 19
Ep 19

Six-Up to Bannach

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.

Episode 20
Ep 20

The Spur

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

Episode 21
Ep 21

Reunion for Revenge

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

Episode 22
Ep 22

Competition

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

Episode 23
Ep 23

Call Your Shot

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

Episode 24
Ep 24

Secret Ballot

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.""

Episode 25
Ep 25

The Corner

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

Episode 26
Ep 26

Eager Man

Fugitive Ted Nelson will surrender to his friend Josh Randall, if his wife shares the reward. Gar Foley also a bounty hunter has other ideas.

Episode 27
Ep 27

The Legend

Josh is hired by Sam McGarrett to lead him with his son and daughter into the Mesa desert to find a hundred year old treasure.

Episode 28
Ep 28

Railroaded

Josh comes to the defense of a boy accused of murdering an Undercover Pinkerton detective aboard the train.

Episode 29
Ep 29

Double Fee

An Opera Singer hires Josh to find her sister who has been kidnapped and is being held ransom.

Episode 30
Ep 30

The Kovack Affair

Josh is called by his old friend Jesse to help Meaghan keep her hotel from the hands of corrupt Kovack.

Episode 31
Ep 31

Bounty for a Bride

A man hires Josh Randall to persuade his daughter to come back home. The girl, who was kidnapped by Indians years before, refuses to return because she feels that the Indians are now her people.

Episode 32
Ep 32

Crossroads

Josh is on the track of a suspected murderer, when the father tries to avert his sons capture.

Episode 33
Ep 33

Angels of Vengeance

Josh kills a young man in self-defense, the victim's father, the head of a religious cult, then orders Josh's death.

Episode 34
Ep 34

Littlest Client

Josh is hired by a 10 year old girl to find her father, she refuses to believe that he is dead.

Episode 35
Ep 35

The Conquerers

A Banker hires Josh to find his runaway son. The boy has joined a mercenary army that preys on small Mexican villages.

Episode 36
Ep 36

Amos Carter

Josh tries to reconcil two families whose feud has reached dangerous proportions.

Cast

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Josh Randall