TV series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958–1961 · 3 seasons
A brisk, black-and-white saddle-up where a cool, soft-hearted hero rights small wrongs with quiet charm and tidy gunplay.
- Created by
- George Blair, Harry Harris
- Genres
- Western, Action & adventure, Drama
- Starring
- Steve McQueen, Kenneth Tobey, Richard Arlen
- Tagline
- Josh Randall: Bounty Hunter
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Earnest, warm and tense. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Justice, morality, survival, redemption
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- George Blair, Harry Harris
- Genres
- Western, Action & adventure, Drama
- Starring
- Steve McQueen, Kenneth Tobey, Richard Arlen
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