![]() ![]() : 258–259 The pilot was filmed before McQueen did The Blob in 1958. Initially not interested in doing Westerns, McQueen agreed to the role based on his ability to connect with Fennelly and his vision for the role of Randall. : 83 McQueen's style was exactly what Fennelly was looking for to fill the role. Elkins knew of the spinoff plan and suggested McQueen for the role. At the time, McQueen's manager, Hillard Elkins, was also representing Trackdown star Robert Culp. Vincent Fennelly and Four Star Television were considering a spinoff of their current series, Trackdown, which was itself a spinoff of Zane Grey Theater. Steve McQueen played Josh Randall, the series's primary character, appearing in all 94 episodes. McQueen, commenting about his experience on the series. Three hard mother-grabbin' years, but I learned my trade and it gave me discipline. The episode called "The Partners", where Nichols killed three men that Randall felt could have been taken alive, is often considered the episode that broke up the partnership, although that was actually only the second episode with Wright King and long before the last episode he appeared in. By the start of the third season, Nichols had been dropped. : 88īeginning with 1959 episode "Amos Carter", actor Wright King would appear in a supporting role as Jason Nichols, an eager young deputy sheriff turned bounty hunter. : 52Įxcept for a few episodes at the beginning of the series, Randall rode an energetic horse named Ringo. This variety, as well as his pursuit of justice and not just money, contributed to the show's attraction and popularity. He also settles a family feud, frees unjustly jailed or sentenced men, helps an amnesia victim recover his memory, and finds missing husbands, sons, fathers, a fiancée, a suitor, a daughter who had been captured many years earlier by Indians, an Army deserter, a pet sheep, and even Santa Claus. ![]() He often donates his earnings to the needy and helps his prisoners if they have been wrongly accused.Īlthough Randall is a bounty hunter, he doesn't chase and capture only men on wanted posters. Josh Randall (McQueen) is a Confederate veteran and bounty hunter with a soft heart. Synopsis Randall pleads with a mother ( Virginia Gregg) to obtain medical treatment for her son. : 105 He would later cross over into comparable status on the big screen, making him the first TV star to do so. The series made McQueen, known for the concept of "cool" in entertainment, a television star. Both series were produced by Vincent Fennelly for Four Star Television in association with CBS. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–1959 western series starring Robert Culp. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–1961. Josh decides to find Santa by using the town drunk but things go awry.or do they.Wanted Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as bounty hunter Josh Randall. He explains what happened and learns Laddie won't tell them what he wants for Christmas but they have disappointed him the last two years and his dad wants to tell him the truth. Josh rides to their house finding Laddie out doing chores but two upset parents. The sheriff says the Stone family had a successful sheep ranch but wolves have taken half of his flock. The sheriff and the bartender as well as Josh are not amused letting them know what they did. Before Josh can say much two locals, Harkrader and Vale, turn the offer into a joke on him saying Josh can have Santa Claus there by dinner time causing him to run out yelling for joy. He has eight cents to hire Josh to find Santa Claus. " Eight Cent Reward" is the Christmas episode of the CBS western series Wanted Dead or Alive, produced and aired as the sixteenth episode of the show's first season.Īs Josh prepares to leave on Christmas Eve for Butte, young Laddie Stone and his dog enter the saloon with a job offer for Josh. ![]()
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