Episode
Wanted: Dead or Alive: Dead Reckoning
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 1961-03-22
Episode context
Dead Reckoning is Episode 25 in Season 3 of Wanted: Dead or Alive. It aired on 1961-03-22.
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Episode 24: The Long Search
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.
Episode 26: Barney's Bounty
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.
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Episode 23: Monday Morning
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Episode 22: Detour
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Episode 21: El Gato
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.
Episode 20: The Voice of Silence
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.
Episode 19: Epitaph
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.
Episode 18: Hero in the Dust
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Episode 17: Bounty on Josh
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Episode 16: The Last Retreat
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Episode 15: Baa-Baa
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.
Episode 14: Witch Woman
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