Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    Nostalgia Central
    • Home
    • Blog
      • Lists
    • Television
      • TV by Decade
        • TV – 1950s
        • TV – 1960s
        • TV – 1970s
        • TV – 1980s
        • TV – 1990s
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Kids TV
      • Variety
      • News & Sport
      • Advertisements
    • Music
      • Music by Decade
        • Music – 1950s
        • Music – 1960s
        • Music – 1970s
        • Music – 1980s
        • Music – 1990s
      • Artists – A to K
        • Artists – A
        • Artists – B
        • Artists – C
        • Artists – D
        • Artists – E
        • Artists – F
        • Artists – G
        • Artists – H
        • Artists – I
        • Artists – J
        • Artists – K
      • Artists – L to Z
        • Artists – L
        • Artists – M
        • Artists – N
        • Artists – O
        • Artists – P
        • Artists – Q
        • Artists – R
        • Artists – S
        • Artists – T
        • Artists – U
        • Artists – V
        • Artists – W
        • Artists – X
        • Artists – Y
        • Artists – Z
      • Artists – 0 to 9
      • Genres
      • Music on Film & TV
      • One-Hit Wonders
      • Playlists
      • Online Radio
    • Movies
      • Movies by Decade
        • Movies – 1950s
        • Movies – 1960s
        • Movies – 1970s
        • Movies – 1980s
        • Movies – 1990s
      • Movies – 0 to 9
      • Movies – A to K
        • Movies – A
        • Movies – B
        • Movies – C
        • Movies – D
        • Movies – E
        • Movies – F
        • Movies – G
        • Movies – H
        • Movies – I
        • Movies – J
        • Movies – K
      • Movies – L to Z
        • Movies – L
        • Movies – M
        • Movies – N
        • Movies – O
        • Movies – P
        • Movies – Q
        • Movies – R
        • Movies – S
        • Movies – T
        • Movies – U
        • Movies – V
        • Movies – W
        • Movies – X
        • Movies – Y
        • Movies – Z
    • Pop Culture
      • Fads
      • Toys & Games
      • Fashion
      • Decor
      • Food & Drink
      • People
      • Technology
      • Transport
    • Social History
      • 1950s Year by Year
      • 1960s Year by Year
      • 1970s Year by Year
      • 1980s Year by Year
      • 1990s Year by Year
      • Events
    Nostalgia Central
    Home»Television»Drama
    Drama TV Shows - 1950s TV Shows - 1960s 2 Mins Read

    Wanted: Dead Or Alive

    Share
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email

    1 9 5 8 – 1 9 6 1 (USA)
    94 x 26 minute episodes

    Bounty hunters were common in the Old West during the latter half of the 19th century.

    They made a living from the rewards offered for capturing wanted criminals and since it didn’t matter if the criminals were brought back alive, the bounty hunters were not bound by the constraints that hampered lawmen.

    One such bounty hunter was Josh Randall, who brought in his quarry “dead or alive” with the help of a sawn-off .30-40 calibre Winchester carbine he called his “mare’s leg” and used like a pistol.

    Josh’s approach to bounty hunting was summed up in his motto: “If he’s got a price on his head, I’ve got an empty pocket”.

    But Randall was a compassionate bounty hunter and sometimes found himself in the position of protector, struggling to safeguard his prisoners from less scrupulous bounty hunters.

    Josh’s occasional assistant was Jason Nichols (Wright King) who travelled with an unnamed mutt he called “Hey, Dog.”

    Although he had just appeared in the film The Blob (1958), it was this CBS show that made McQueen a star.

    Wanted: Dead or Alive was spun-off from an episode of the Robert Culp western series Trackdown called ‘The Bounty Man’. The series was computer-colourised in the 1980s for US syndication.

    Josh Randall 
    Steve McQueen
    Jason Nichols
    Wright King

    Related Posts

    • Range Rider, The
      Range Rider, The
      1 9 5 1 - 1 9 5 2 (USA) 76…
    • White Hunter
      White Hunter
      1 9 5 7 - 1 9 5 9 (UK) 39…
    • Guns of Will Sonnett, The
      Guns of Will Sonnett, The
      1 9 6 7 - 1 9 6 9 (USA) 50…
    • Alias Smith & Jones
      Alias Smith & Jones
      1 9 7 1 - 1 9 7 3 (USA) 1…
    • Prime Suspect
      Prime Suspect
      1 9 9 1 - 2 0 0 6 (UK) 15…
    • Outcasts, The
      Outcasts, The
      1 9 6 8 - 1 9 6 9 (USA)…
    • Lawbreaker
      Lawbreaker
      1 9 6 3 (USA) 35 x 30 minute episodes Lee…
    • Trackdown
      Trackdown
      1 9 5 7 - 1 9 5 9 (USA)…

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email
    Previous ArticleTrackdown
    Next Article Police Woman

    Comments are closed.

    Follow us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    You May Also Like
    • Slipper and The Rose, The (1976)
      The Cinderella story got an updating in the popular British […]
    • Shadows, The
      Everything in British pop was American before The Shadows hit […]
    • Weather Report
      Weather Report was among the earliest and most influential of […]
    • Acropolis Now
      1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 2 (Australia) 63 x 30 minute episodes This […]
    • Forever Young (1992)
      In 1939, test pilot Daniel McCormick (Mel Gibson) is checking […]
    • Caddyshack (1980)
      Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight and […]
    Twitter Feed
    Please note


    Nostalgia Central covers the period 1950 to 1999 and contains some words and references which reflect the attitudes of those times and which may be considered culturally sensitive, offensive or inappropriate today.
    Popular Tags
    1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 Action Figures Amicus Arcade games Australia Beach movies Beatles Blaxploitation Board games Britpop Canada Crime Disco Disney Doo-Wop Elvis Presley Girl groups Glam Goth Hammer Heavy Metal Irwin Allen Labels Merseybeat Mod revival Motown New Romantic New Wave NWOBHM Oi! One-hit wonders Power Pop Pub rock Punk Radio Scotland Ska Soul music Surf music
    Search Nostalgia Central
    Copyright © 1998, 2022 Nostalgia Central
    • About
    • Contact
    • FAQ

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.