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Josh tries to reconcil two families whose feud has reached dangerous proportions.
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S3 E26 · Barney's Bounty
Wanted: Dead or Alive is a western and action & adventure TV series that premiered on CBS on September 6, 1958. It has 3 seasons and 94 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 26 "Barney's Bounty", aired on March 29, 1961.
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.
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94 episodes · 3 seasons
1958 · 36 episodes · Last episode: 67 years ago
E36
Josh tries to reconcil two families whose feud has reached dangerous proportions.
E35
A Banker hires Josh to find his runaway son. The boy has joined a mercenary army that preys on small Mexican villages.
E34
Josh is hired by a 10 year old girl to find her father, she refuses to believe that he is dead.
E33
Josh kills a young man in self-defense, the victim's father, the head of a religious cult, then orders Josh's death.
E32
Josh is on the track of a suspected murderer, when the father tries to avert his sons capture.
E31
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.
E30
Josh is called by his old friend Jesse to help Meaghan keep her hotel from the hands of corrupt Kovack.
E29
An Opera Singer hires Josh to find her sister who has been kidnapped and is being held ransom.
E28
Josh comes to the defense of a boy accused of murdering an Undercover Pinkerton detective aboard the train.
E27
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.
E26
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.
E25
Accused of killing a friend, bounty hunter Josh Randall tries to prove himself innocent.
E24
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.""
E23
Josh is hired by Gabe Henshaw to find his son Will.
E22
Josh is confronted by two bounty hunters who think he is onto a big paying job.
E21
Intent on revenge several escaped convicts confront Josh's prisoner who is responsible for them going to jail.
E20
Josh is hunting for wanted murderer Vic Warsaw when he finds out that his bounty was gunned down.
E19
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.
E18
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.
E17
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.
E16
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.
E15
The Kreager brothers are on the trail of Josh and his prisoner, when a sudden attack by Apaches leaves his prisoner dead.
E14
Aboard a stagecoach with prisoner in hand, Josh and the Coach driver are attacked by escapees heading for the Mexican border.
E13
The Sheriff of Red Rock allows his prisoners to escape, so two bounty hunters can collect the reward and split it three ways.
E12
Josh is hired to look for a missing husband and ends up in a murder conspiracy.
E11
Josh searches for a robbery suspect in a town called VanHorne run by outlaws.
E10
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.
E9
Josh is hired on the help transport a female prisoner who has murdered three men to another jail.
E8
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.
E7
Mother Superior asks Josh to find Sister Grace who is being held by outlaws.
E6
Josh is looking for an unknown gunman which can only be identified by the peculiar way he draws his gun.
E5
After a crooked poker game, Josh is led to believe that his opponent is Shawnee Bill.
E4
After being hired to apprehend a ranch worker who stole money and disappeared, Josh undercovers more than he bargained for.
E3
A vicious Bounty Hunter named Daimler is sought by Josh after Daimler gunned down an elderly fugitive.
E2
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.
E1
Josh takes matters into his own hands after Marshall Jeff Wilcox is killed by the Martin brothers.
1959 · 32 episodes · Last episode: 66 years ago
E32
Bank of Pinto having been robbed hires Josh to go to Santa Fe to replenish the funds.
E31
Josh and Jason are delivering four criminals unaware that a stranger is following them to seek revenge on those criminals.
E30
Clint Davis a blind and dying rancher hires Josh to find his renegade son.
E29
Josh and Jason are on the trail of an outlaw wanted for murder in Arizona. The outlaw's wife is also seeking her husband.
E28
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.
E27
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.
E26
Josh goes after a Korean named Sammy Wong wanted for murder. His hands are his deadly weapon, being the karate expert that he is.
E25
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.
E24
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.
E23
Josh needs Tolliver's testimony in a nearby town unfortunately Amos McKenna wants to hang Tolliver and will only allow him to go if one of the two Josh or Jason stays in his place.
E22
Josh gets arrested - for horse theft. Then he finds out it was Jason who wants him behind bars because Jason wants to go after Billy Joe Henry alone.
E21
Josh caught 'Doc' Phillips, the partner of Clell Fennon, and now wants to use him as a bait to get Fennon - worth $5.000 - himself.
E20
John Garth comes to town looking for his darling Lil, he feels something terrible has happened. There was a fire in the saloon and he thinks she died.
E19
Josh goes after an elephant trainer who is using the animal to scare away the whole town so he can rob the town blind.
E18
Angela Pryor is seeking revenge against the man who murderer her father during a burglary. Josh is also after the same man for other crimes.
E17
An amnesia victim has posters up asking for help finding information about himself.
E16
On the trail of bank robber Bart McCready, Josh discovers that he is posing as an escape artist named ""The Great Bartolo"".
E15
After being arrested for a minor offence, Josh is put on the chain gang and put to work on the local mine.
E14
Charley Red Cloud is blamed for the murder of Will Bascomb. Bascomb's brother, Merv places a high bounty on Red Cloud.
E13
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.
E12
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.
E11
Josh manages to track down Juan Gomez in the desert near the Mexican border where he's living now with his family. His nephew Pachito rides in to protect his uncle. (Afterall he is the future Pancho Villa).
E10
Well-known businessman Tate Bradley hires Josh and other bounty hunters to find Tony Egan who killed his son, but was ruled an accident. When Randall finds the supposed killer and returns him. Bradley refuses to pay the bounty because Egan is still alive.
E9
Recruited by the army, Josh seeks the horses and the deserter who stole them. And he finds both the horses and the man - in custody of the town's marshal. But the marshal, who's ruling the town with an iron fist, isn't willing to give them back.
E8
After selling a customer a defective gun, Josh is hired to retrieve the dangerous weapon.
E7
Josh delivers a prisoner to the sheriff, in the morning Josh realizes that there was an impostor and that the prisoner has successfully escaped with his cohort.
E6
Josh delivers Jumbo Kane, a highly dangerous and already sentenced to death man. Soon after he has handed him over to the sheriff, Kane takes the sheriff by surprise and kills him.
E5
While hot on the trail of a murderer, Josh comes across a man about to be lynched by a group of vigilanties. The victim happens to be the same man that Randall has been chasing.
E4
Prison officials allow Randall to help Tom Dunn escape in order to retrieve the missing fifty thousand dollars Dunn had stolen.
E3
Josh reluctantly plays matchmaker and enlists the aid of Amy Williams to teach Charlie the proper way to behave and act so that he can confidently find his own bride.
E2
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.
E1
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.
1960 · 26 episodes · Last episode: 65 years ago
E26
Josh stops at his friend Barney's to get horses for his two prisoners, they manager to escape, leaving Josh and Barney to get them back for the reward.
E25
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.
E24
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.
E23
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.
E22
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!
E21
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.
E20
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.
E19
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.
E18
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.
E17
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.
E16
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.
E15
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 dog house with her until Baa-Baa returns. Josh reluctantly goes and looks for the lost sheep admist much ridicule from other ranchers and cowboys alike.
E14
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.
E13
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.
E12
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.
E11
Josh is hired by Beth a widow, to find her runaway son, who is currently in the care of her vindictive mother-in-law.
E10
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.
E9
When Josh brings in the wrong man mistakenly and after his release he finds the real criminal notifying Josh of the mans whereabouts.
E8
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.
E7
Josh captures a notorious killer but no one wants to testify against him, until a surprise witness come forward, his mother.
E6
Johnny Haywood, a childhood friend of Josh's claims to be innocent of the crime he is accused of. When he escapes, Josh is ordered to bring him back - dead or alive.
E5
Josh allows an Eastern newspaper reporter to go with him on a manhunt for a story.
E4
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.
E3
Josh is delivering a female prisoner and becomes smitten with her, unknown to him is her accomplice, who is following them to break her loose.
E2
Emily Kendrick hires Josh to keep her beloved Harry from drinking himself to death, she has matrimony on her mind and with the arrival of Harry's brother for the wedding, she wants to make sure that all goes as planned.
E1
Daniel Trenner is wanted for court martial because of his cowardice several men is his platoon lost their lives. Josh is after Trenner for other reasons and wants to stop the trial.
Wanted: Dead or Alive has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on March 29, 1961.
The most recent episode of Wanted: Dead or Alive, Season 3 Episode 26 "Barney's Bounty", aired on March 29, 1961.
Wanted: Dead or Alive has 3 seasons with 94 episodes in total.
Wanted: Dead or Alive first aired on CBS on September 6, 1958.
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