Wanted: Dead or Alive
Western • Series

Wanted: Dead or Alive

"Josh Randall: Bounty Hunter"

6.9/10 1958 3 Seasons 94 Episodes Ended

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: 1 2 3

Season 1 Episodes

S1E1
E1
The Martin Poster
26 min 1958

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

S1E2
E2
Fatal Memory
26 min 1958

While on the trail of an Army deserter, Josh is surprised to find fake wanted posters for Colonel Sykes; the Army Comman…

S1E3
E3
The Bounty
26 min 1958

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

S1E4
E4
Dead End
26 min 1958

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

S1E5
E5
Passing of Shawnee Bill
26 min 1958

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

S1E6
E6
The Giveaway Gun
26 min 1958

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

S1E7
E7
Ransom for a Nun
26 min 1958

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

S1E8
E8
Miracle at Pot Hole
26 min 1958

Josh hands over a criminal to Sheriff Wilson and finds out the sheriff is a crook. He begins to doubt the guilt of his s…

S1E9
E9
The Fourth Headstone
30 min 1958

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

S1E10
E10
Til Death Do Us Part
1958

Beautiful Stacy Torrance is wanted for the murder of her husband, but when Josh finds her husband still alive he tries t…

S1E11
E11
The Favor
1958

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

S1E12
E12
Ricochet
1958

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

S1E13
E13
Sheriff of Red Rock
1958

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

S1E14
E14
Die by the Gun
1958

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

S1E15
E15
Rawhide Breed
1958

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

S1E16
E16
Eight Cent Reward
1958

A poor family with not much and hopes destroyed by storms and rustlers who want their land. Josh tries to help and right…

S1E17
E17
Drop to Drink
1958

After a Pony Express carrier is held up and the courier with a $20,000 diamond ring go missing. Josh is hired to find hi…

S1E18
E18
Rope Law
1959

Josh returns with his prisoner Brace Logan and a lynch mob overtakes him. A little too late the townspeople realize that…

S1E19
E19
Six-Up to Bannach
1959

Josh is on his way to Bannach to prevent the execution of an innocent man and he must travel by stagecoach one that is c…

S1E20
E20
The Spur
30 min 1959

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

S1E21
E21
Reunion for Revenge
30 min 1959

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

S1E22
E22
Competition
30 min 1959

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

S1E23
E23
Call Your Shot
30 min 1959

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

S1E24
E24
Secret Ballot
30 min 1959

Randall's old war buddy Ned Easter is running for mayor in a town governed by corrupt mayor Barney Pax and his brother S…

S1E25
E25
The Corner
1959

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

S1E26
E26
Eager Man
30 min 1959

Fugitive Ted Nelson will surrender to his friend Josh Randall, if his wife shares the reward. Gar Foley also a bounty hu…

S1E27
E27
The Legend
30 min 1959

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

S1E28
E28
Railroaded
30 min 1959

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

S1E29
E29
Double Fee
30 min 1959

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

S1E30
E30
The Kovack Affair
25 min 1959

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

S1E31
E31
Bounty for a Bride
30 min 1959

A man hires Josh Randall to persuade his daughter to come back home. The girl, who was kidnapped by Indians years before…

S1E32
E32
Crossroads
30 min 1959

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

S1E33
E33
Angels of Vengeance
1959

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

S1E34
E34
Littlest Client
25 min 1959

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

S1E35
E35
The Conquerers
25 min 1959

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

S1E36
E36
Amos Carter
30 min 1959

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

Cast

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Josh Randall

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