WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE SEASON 2(1958)
A young Steve McQueen in his first really big break!
Many guest stars from the time, including: James Coburn,
William Schallert, Dabbs Grier, Edgar Buchanan, DeForest
Kelley, Michael Landon, Noah Beary Jr. and many others!!
No subtitles!! BOOOOOO!!!!
EPISODE # 1: THE MONTANA KID(Sept. 05, 1959):
Josh is looking for a man who cheated him at cards and his
only link is a boy with a dog!! A
EPISODE # 2: THE HEALING WOMAN(Sept. 12, 1959):
This episode starts weird, like part of it is missing!!!
Anyway, Josh brings in a boy who's quite ill to the town
doctor for help but he won't touch him because his father
won't allow it! A
EPISODE # 3: THE MATCHMAKER(Sept. 21, 1959):
Josh is trying to match up a run down man with a pretty
woman!! A
EPISODE # 4: BREAKOUT(Sept. 26, 1959):
Josh is hired for a strange job: he and another man have to
break out of prison! Kinda forrunner for "The Great Escape"!! A
EPISODE # 5: ESTRALITA(Oct. 03, 1959):
Josh stops a hanging because the dude has a price on
head of $1,000!
Guest starring: Charles Aidman! A
EPISODE # 6: THE HOSTAGE(Oct. 10, 1959):
Josh brings in a wanted man, just to have him break loose
and demand a hostage soes he can skip town! The Marshal
gets shot in the fray and the only way to save his life
is to make a deal!
Guest starring: Lee Van Cleef! B
EPISODE # 7: THE EMPTY CELL(Oct. 17, 1959):
Josh brings in a man to the Cottonwood sheriff and he
promptly lets him go! Turns out the sheriff was out of
town and the one that was there was an imposter!
Guest starring: A returning DeForest Kelley, Lon Channey Jr.! A-
EPISODE # 8: BAD GUN(Oct. 24, 1959):
A man from the East comes into town to "take a man's gun
away from him"!
Guest starring: King Donovan! A
EPISODE # 9: THE TYRANT(Oct. 31, 1959):
A soldier steals some horses and high-tails it out of
the camp! Josh goes after him and the horses which wind
up in a town run by - wait for it - a tyrant!!! A
EPISODE # 10: RECKLESS(Nov. 07, 1959):
A man gets run over by a carraige when he tries to stop
him because his daughter's in the carraige!! In the same
incident the girl's boyfriend and the man's son gets killed!
Josh gets the job of bringing him back! A
EPISODE # 11: DESERT SEED(Nov. 14, 1959):
Josh is taking a man for trial, but he has not only other
bounty hunters to contend with, but also the man's nephew!! A
EPISODE # 12: TWELVE HOURS TO CRAZY HORSE(Nov. 21, 1959):
Josh takes a man in to Mesa City for a reward, but it turns
out the one of the men that the man shot was the sheriff's
brother!!
Guest starring: Dabbs Greer! A
EPISODE # 13: NO TRAIL BACK(Nov. 28, 1959)
A man one the run has rabies but doesn't realize it! Josh
goes out to find him and let him know, but the dude doesn't
believe him and take Josh to his brother who's a really no
good polcat!!! A
EPISODE # 14: MAN ON HORSEBACK(Dec. 05, 1959):
Tonto gets framed for murder!!!
Guest starring: Jay Silverheals! B
EPISODE # 15: CHAIN GANG(Dec. 12, 1959):
Josh goes into a corrupt town and winds up on a
chain gang!
Guest starring: William Schallert! C
EPISODE # 16: VANASHING ACT(Dec. 26, 1959)
A magician gets a town distracted while a couple of thugs
rob a bank! Only, they didn't plan on Josh showing up!!! A
Guest starring: Dyan Cannon! A
EPISODE # 17: MENTAL LAPSE(Jan. 02, 1960):
Josh decides to help a man find out his name
because he has amnisia! A
EPISODE # 18: ANGELA(Jan. 09, 1960):
While searching for a wanted man, he finds him arrested
for killig another man! The man killed was a bmit and
his daughter is determined that the man who did the shooting
will die by her hands!
Guest starring: Wayne Rogers, Warren Oates returns! A
EPISODE # 19: THE MONSTER(Jan. 16, 1960)
Welp, take a "loud monster", add a circus, and you
get this episode!
Guest starring: Martin Landau, Ned Glass! A
EPISODE # 20: MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN(Jan. 23, 1960):
A man comes to Josh asking him to find his fiance!
This may be the best episode of the series!! A+
EPISODE # 21: JASON(Jan. 30, 1960):
Josh brings in a wanted man to lure in bigger fish!
This episode introduces a new every-now-and-then
character who wants to be Josh's partner! A
EPISODE # 22: THE PARTNERS(Feb. 06, 1960)
Josh gets thrown in jail for horse theft! The tip came
from the deputy from the previous episode!! A
EPISODE # 23: TOLLIVAR BENDER(Feb. 12, 1960)
Josh goes to get a man who can clear his friend from
cattle rustling only to find out he's about to be
hanged!!
Guest starring: John Carridine! A
EPISODE # 24: A HOUSE DIVIDED(Feb. 20, 1960):
Josh is hired by a woman who's trying to find out who
really killed a man the her father is accused of killing!
There are those in town who don't want the truth out!!
Guest starring: Stafford Repp! A
EPISODE # 25: TRIPLE VISE(Feb. 27, 1960):
A man in jail hire Josh to find his brother in Mexico
to bring him back so he can prove he's innocent! A
EPISODE # 26: BLACK BELT(Mar. 19, 1960):
An Oriental man is wanted(?) for murder and Josh is hot
on his trial, but the man knows karate and is really
good at it! A
EPISODE # 27: THE PARIAH(Mar. 26, 1960):
A son of a friend of Josh's asks Josh to protect him because
he's been threatened!
Guest starring a returning Susan Oliver! B
EPISODE # 28: VENDETTA(Apr. 09, 1960):
Josh captures a wanted man by the Army, but when he
takes him to the nearest encampment, the man in charge
says "tough luck" and that they are going to use him
for a scout!
Guest starring: Harry Townes, Arthur Batanides!! A
EPISODE # 29: DEATH DIVIDED BY THREE(Apr. 23, 1960):
Josh and Jason track a man, only to have a woman there already
claiming he's her husband! A
EPISODE # 30: THE INHERITANCE(Apr. 30, 1960):
A blind but wealthy man is dying and he hires Josh to find
his astranged son!
Guest starring: A returning John Anderson! A-
EPISODE # 31: PRISON TRAIL(May 14, 1960):
Josh and Jason are taking four prisoners, 3 men and a
woman, to Leavenworth Prison! They get intercepted by
a man saying he wants to tag along! The woman says
he's after her!
Guest starring: Claud Aiken, Beverly Garland! A
EPISODE # 32: PAYOFF AT PINTO(May 21, 1960):
Josh gets called for help by a bank owner whose bank has
been robbed! The town is in an uproar and want their money!
SPECIALS:
THE WOMEN OF WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
Reviewer From IMDb.com:
My 10 rating is probably, no it is biased. Steve McQueen
was one of my all time favorite actors. Sure, this show was
hokey, but for a show that was 30 minutes, it packed a lot
into it. I was too young to watch the originals, but over
the years I was able to watch episodes here and there. Now
watching them again on MeTV, it brings back so many good
memories. For me, nothing beats a good western. Especially
when it stars Steve McQueen. - JohnnyM531