The WORST episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive
Every episode of Wanted: Dead or Alive ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - A House Divided
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/20/1960
Josh is hired by an attractive woman to find and clear the name of her father wrongly accused of murder. The real killer hires Jason to find the same man too.
#4 - Twelve Hours to Crazy Horse
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1959
Josh delivers Dan Murdock, wanted for multiple murders, in Mesa City. Josh learns that the local sheriff is the brother of Crazy Horse's deputy, one of the victims, and it's unlikely that Murdock will arrive safely. Josh goes along to make sure that he does.
#5 - No Trail Back
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/1959
Joe Hooker, after raiding a bank on behalf of his brother Ben, is bitten by a dog with rabies. Upon learning this, the sheriff ends his pursuit. Josh, however, decides to go after Hooker anyway.
#6 - Triple Vice
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/27/1960
Josh and Jason go to Mexico Al Hemp's brother Billy. Al took the blame for Billy's crime and ends up waiting for his brother a no show.
#7 - The Pariah
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/26/1960
The good townspeople hire gunmen to kill Randy Holleran who is responsible for several deaths and trouble in the town. Josh is asked by the father to help protect his son.
#8 - Vendetta
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/9/1960
Josh captures and returns a wanted recruit to an Army Camp. The commanding officer re-instates the wanted man and refuses to pay Randall his bounty money.
#9 - Death Divided by Three
Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/23/1960
Josh and Jason are on the trail of an outlaw wanted for murder in Arizona. The outlaw's wife is also seeking her husband.
#10 - The Inheritance
Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/30/1960
Clint Davis a blind and dying rancher hires Josh to find his renegade son.
#11 - Prison Trail
Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/14/1960
Josh and Jason are delivering four criminals unaware that a stranger is following them to seek revenge on those criminals.
#12 - Pay-Off at Pinto
Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/21/1960
Bank of Pinto having been robbed hires Josh to go to Santa Fe to replenish the funds.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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!
#25 - 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.