The BEST episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive
Every episode of Wanted: Dead or Alive ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive!
A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s. Wanted: Dead or Alive originally aired in Black and white on CBS. The pilot aired on the series "Trackdown" in March 1958. Bounty hunter Josh Randall was unlike any bounty hunter, he usually gave half or all of his reward money to good causes. He was a gentlemen and very respectful of the elderly. He was a man of few words and seemed to lack emotion but he was adept at using his gun, not an ordinary gun but a .44-.40 sawed-off 1892 Winchester carbine which he had on his "Mare's Leig", BUT the cartridges in his belt were .45-.70! His catch phrase in almost every episode was "Let's Go" which he spoke softly and sounded more like les goo. A treasure one not to be missed, especially to see Mr. Cool himself, Steve McQueen.
#1 - Barney's Bounty
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/29/1961
Josh stops at his friend Barney's to get horses for his two prisoners, they manage to escape, leaving Josh and Barney to get them back for the reward.
#2 - Eager Man
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/28/1959
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.
#3 - The Martin Poster
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1958
Josh takes matters into his own hands after Marshall Jeff Wilcox is killed by the Martin brothers.
#4 - The Legend
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/7/1959
Josh is hired by Sam McGarrett to lead him with his son and daughter into the Mesa desert to find a hundred year old treasure.
#5 - Railroaded
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/14/1959
Josh comes to the defense of a boy accused of murdering an Undercover Pinkerton detective aboard the train.
#6 - Double Fee
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/21/1959
An Opera Singer hires Josh to find her sister who has been kidnapped and is being held ransom.
#7 - The Kovack Affair
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/28/1959
Josh is called by his old friend Jesse to help Meaghan keep her hotel from the hands of corrupt Kovack.
#8 - Bounty for a Bride
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/4/1959
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.
#9 - Crossroads
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/11/1959
Josh is on the track of a suspected murderer, when the father tries to avert his sons capture.
#10 - Angels of Vengeance
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/18/1959
Josh kills a young man in self-defense, the victim's father, the head of a religious cult, then orders Josh's death.
#11 - Littlest Client
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 4/25/1959
Josh is hired by a 10 year old girl to find her father, she refuses to believe that he is dead.
#12 - The Conquerers
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/2/1959
A Banker hires Josh to find his runaway son. The boy has joined a mercenary army that preys on small Mexican villages.
#13 - Amos Carter
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/9/1959
Josh tries to reconcil two families whose feud has reached dangerous proportions.
#14 - Montana Kid
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1959
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.
#15 - The Healing Woman
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1959
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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - The Spur
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/17/1959
Josh is hunting for wanted murderer Vic Warsaw when he finds out that his bounty was gunned down.
#20 - Secret Ballot
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/14/1959
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.""
#21 - Fatal Memory
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1958
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.
#22 - The Bounty
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1958
A vicious Bounty Hunter named Daimler is sought by Josh after Daimler gunned down an elderly fugitive.
#23 - Dead End
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1958
After being hired to apprehend a ranch worker who stole money and disappeared, Josh undercovers more than he bargained for.
#24 - Passing of Shawnee Bill
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1958
After a crooked poker game, Josh is led to believe that his opponent is Shawnee Bill.
#25 - Miracle at Pot Hole
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1958
Josh hands over a criminal to Sheriff Wilson and finds out the sheriff is a crook. He begins to doubt the guilt of his so-called criminal.