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 3 Episodes

S3E1
E1
The Trial
30 min 1960

Daniel Trenner is wanted for court martial because of his cowardice several men is his platoon lost their lives. Josh is…

S3E2
E2
The Cure
1960

Emily Kendrick hires Josh to keep her beloved Harry from drinking himself to death, she has matrimony on her mind and wi…

S3E3
E3
Journey for Josh
25 min 1960

Josh is delivering a female prisoner and becomes smitten with her, unknown to him is her accomplice, who is following th…

S3E4
E4
The Looters
25 min 1960

Josh is on his way to River City to pick up three prisoners, when an unexpected tornado destroys the jail, killing the s…

S3E5
E5
The Twain Shall Meet
1960

Josh allows an Eastern newspaper reporter to go with him on a manhunt for a story.

S3E6
E6
The Showdown
25 min 1960

Johnny Haywood, a childhood friend of Josh's claims to be innocent of the crime he is accused of. When he escapes, Josh …

S3E7
E7
Surprise Witness
30 min 1960

Josh captures a notorious killer but no one wants to testify against him, until a surprise witness come forward, his mot…

S3E8
E8
To the Victor
25 min 1960

Josh is hired by the men of the town to try and persuade the ladies to return to their homes after rebelling against the…

S3E9
E9
Criss-Cross
1960

When Josh brings in the wrong man mistakenly and after his release he finds the real criminal notifying Josh of the mans…

S3E10
E10
The Medicine Man
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.

S3E11
E11
One Mother Too Many
25 min 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.

S3E12
E12
The Choice
25 min 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 …

S3E13
E13
Three for One
25 min 1960

Josh with prisoner Tom Fellows in tow, stops in the town of Center City overnight, unaware that one of Tom's cohorts is …

S3E14
E14
Witch Woman
25 min 1960

Esperanza is not in love with the notorious Guerra and loves another but is too frightened to tell him because he kills …

S3E15
E15
Baa-Baa
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 do…

S3E16
E16
The Last Retreat
25 min 1961

Sarah Lawton's identification led to killer Clem Robinson's conviction. Now Clem has escaped from prison, and Josh is hi…

S3E17
E17
Bounty on Josh
25 min 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 shoot…

S3E18
E18
Hero in the Dust
25 min 1961

Josh is hired by Harry Weaver to find his twin brother Pete. Pete is using his resemblence to his brother to get away wi…

S3E19
E19
Epitaph
25 min 1961

Josh has to find his friend a Sheriff guilty of robbing a bank for a woman. Several other bounty hunters are out lookin…

S3E20
E20
The Voice of Silence
25 min 1961

Josh is hired by Frank Hagen to protect his deaf-mute daughter Carol Hagen while he's away on business. During Josh's st…

S3E21
E21
El Gato
25 min 1961

A timid photographer named Archie Warner comes west with hopes of being the first to shoot a photo of a famous Mexican b…

S3E22
E22
Detour
25 min 1961

Martin Fairweather has two lovely daughters which are the objects of a young man's affection. Papa doesn't want to lose …

S3E23
E23
Monday Morning
25 min 1961

Overridden with guilt Charlie Glover hires Josh to help him return the money he stole from his employer. Complications a…

S3E24
E24
The Long Search
25 min 1961

Yoshika Nakamura comes west to find a man named Bill Timmons who promised to marry her when he visited Japan. Yoshika hi…

S3E25
E25
Dead Reckoning
1961

Paul Decker is wanted for murder. His wife asks Josh to find her husband and bring him back alive before the Taggert bro…

S3E26
E26
Barney's Bounty
1961

Josh stops at his friend Barney's to get horses for his two prisoners, they manager to escape, leaving Josh and Barney t…

Cast

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Josh Randall

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