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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Martin Poster

    • September 6, 1958
    • CBS

    Josh takes matters into his own hands after Marshall Jeff Wilcox is killed by the Martin brothers.

  • S01E02 Fatal Memory

    • September 13, 1958
    • CBS

    While on the trail of an Army deserter, Josh is surprised to find fake wanted posters for Colonel Sykes; the Army Commander that he served under.

  • S01E03 The Bounty

    • September 20, 1958
    • CBS

    A vicious Bounty Hunter named Daimler is sought by Josh after Daimler gunned down an elderly fugitive.

  • S01E04 Dead End

    • September 27, 1958
    • CBS

    After being hired to apprehend a ranch worker who stole money and disappeared, Josh undercovers more than he bargained for.

  • S01E05 Passing of Shawnee Bill

    • October 4, 1958
    • CBS

    After a crooked poker game, Josh is led to believe that his opponent is Shawnee Bill.

  • S01E06 The Giveaway Gun

    • October 11, 1958
    • CBS

    Josh is looking for an unknown gunman which can only be identified by the peculiar way he draws his gun.

  • S01E07 Ransom for a Nun

    • October 18, 1958
    • CBS

    Mother Superior asks Josh to find Sister Grace who is being held by outlaws.

  • S01E08 Miracle at Pot Hole

    • October 25, 1958
    • CBS

    Josh hands over a criminal to Sheriff Wilson and finds out the sheriff is a crook. He begins to doubt the guilt of his so-called criminal.

  • S01E09 The Fourth Headstone

    • November 1, 1958
    • CBS

    Josh is hired on the help transport a female prisoner who has murdered three men to another jail.

  • S01E10 Til Death Do Us Part

    • November 8, 1958
    • CBS

    Beautiful Stacy Torrance is wanted for the murder of her husband, but when Josh finds her husband still alive he tries to have the charges cleared.

  • S01E11 The Favor

    • November 15, 1958
    • CBS

    Josh searches for a robbery suspect in a town called Bent Horn run by outlaws.

  • S01E12 Ricochet

    • November 22, 1958
    • CBS

    Josh is hired to look for a missing husband and ends up in a murder conspiracy.

  • S01E13 Sheriff of Red Rock

    • November 29, 1958
    • CBS

    The Sheriff of Red Rock allows his prisoners to escape, so two bounty hunters can collect the reward and split it three ways.

  • S01E14 Die by the Gun

    • December 6, 1958
    • CBS

    Aboard a stagecoach with prisoner in hand, Josh and the Coach driver are attacked by escapees heading for the Mexican border.

  • S01E15 Rawhide Breed

    • December 13, 1958
    • CBS

    The Kreager brothers are on the trail of Josh and his prisoner, when a sudden attack by Apaches leaves his prisoner dead.

  • S01E16 Eight Cent Reward

    • December 20, 1958
    • CBS

    A poor family with not much and hopes destroyed by storms and rustlers who want their land. Josh tries to help and right at Christmas a small miracle does occur.

  • S01E17 Drop to Drink

    • December 27, 1958
    • CBS

    After a Pony Express carrier is held up and the courier with a $20,000 diamond ring go missing. Josh is hired to find him.

  • S01E18 Rope Law

    • January 3, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh returns with his prisoner Brace Logan and a lynch mob overtakes him. A little too late the townspeople realize that Logan was innocent and that the guilty party is some well respected.

  • S01E19 Six-Up to Bannach

    • January 10, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh is on his way to Bannach to prevent the execution of an innocent man and he must travel by stagecoach one that is carrying boxes of dynamite.

  • S01E20 The Spur

    • January 17, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh is hunting for wanted murderer Vic Warsaw when he finds out that his bounty was gunned down.

  • S01E21 Reunion for Revenge

    • January 24, 1959
    • CBS

    Intent on revenge several escaped convicts confront Josh's prisoner who is responsible for them going to jail.

  • S01E22 Competition

    • January 31, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh is confronted by two bounty hunters who think he is onto a big paying job.

  • S01E23 Call Your Shot

    • February 7, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh is hired by Gabe Henshaw to find his son Will.

  • S01E24 Secret Ballot

    • February 14, 1959
    • CBS

    Randall's old war buddy Ned Easter is running for mayor in a town governed by corrupt mayor Barney Pax and his brother Steve, whom he has made sheriff. The Pax brothers avoid honest competition by shooting up Ned's rallies and such. Ned's wife Carole has summoned Randall to stand by Ned in case of trouble, but doesn't want Ned to know she did so. It so happens that Randall has a wanted poster on Steve, for ""shooting up half of Colorado.""

  • S01E25 The Corner

    • February 21, 1959
    • CBS

    Accused of killing a friend, bounty hunter Josh Randall tries to prove himself innocent.

  • S01E26 Eager Man

    • February 28, 1959
    • CBS

    Fugitive Ted Nelson will surrender to his friend Josh Randall, if his wife shares the reward. Gar Foley also a bounty hunter has other ideas.

  • S01E27 The Legend

    • March 7, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh is hired by Sam McGarrett to lead him with his son and daughter into the Mesa desert to find a hundred year old treasure.

  • S01E28 Railroaded

    • March 14, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh comes to the defense of a boy accused of murdering an Undercover Pinkerton detective aboard the train.

  • S01E29 Double Fee

    • March 21, 1959
    • CBS

    An Opera Singer hires Josh to find her sister who has been kidnapped and is being held ransom.

  • S01E30 The Kovack Affair

    • March 28, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh is called by his old friend Jesse to help Meaghan keep her hotel from the hands of corrupt Kovack.

  • S01E31 Bounty for a Bride

    • April 4, 1959
    • CBS

    A man hires Josh Randall to persuade his daughter to come back home. The girl, who was kidnapped by Indians years before, refuses to return because she feels that the Indians are now her people.

  • S01E32 Crossroads

    • April 11, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh is on the track of a suspected murderer, when the father tries to avert his sons capture.

  • S01E33 Angels of Vengeance

    • April 18, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh kills a young man in self-defense, the victim's father, the head of a religious cult, then orders Josh's death.

  • S01E34 Littlest Client

    • April 25, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh is hired by a 10 year old girl to find her father, she refuses to believe that he is dead.

  • S01E35 The Conquerers

    • May 2, 1959
    • CBS

    A Banker hires Josh to find his runaway son. The boy has joined a mercenary army that preys on small Mexican villages.

  • S01E36 Amos Carter

    • May 9, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh tries to reconcil two families whose feud has reached dangerous proportions.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Montana Kid

    • September 5, 1959
    • CBS

    A kid is the key for Josh to find Johnny Deuce who cheated during a poker game and took a lot of money off Josh. Now Josh goes after Deuce in order to get his money back.

  • S02E02 The Healing Woman

    • September 12, 1959
    • CBS

    Tom takes his very ill son away from medical help and takes him to a witch a so called healer jeopardizing his sons full recovery.

  • S02E03 The Matchmaker

    • September 19, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh reluctantly plays matchmaker and enlists the aid of Amy Williams to teach Charlie the proper way to behave and act so that he can confidently find his own bride.

  • S02E04 Breakout

    • September 26, 1959
    • CBS

    Prison officials allow Randall to help Tom Dunn escape in order to retrieve the missing fifty thousand dollars Dunn had stolen.

  • S02E05 Estralita

    • October 3, 1959
    • CBS

    While hot on the trail of a murderer, Josh comes across a man about to be lynched by a group of vigilanties. The victim happens to be the same man that Randall has been chasing.

  • S02E06 The Hostage

    • October 10, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh delivers Jumbo Kane, a highly dangerous and already sentenced to death man. Soon after he has handed him over to the sheriff, Kane takes the sheriff by surprise and kills him.

  • S02E07 The Empty Cell

    • October 17, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh delivers a prisoner to the sheriff, in the morning Josh realizes that there was an impostor and that the prisoner has successfully escaped with his cohort.

  • S02E08 Bad Gun

    • October 24, 1959
    • CBS

    After selling a customer a defective gun, Josh is hired to retrieve the dangerous weapon.

  • S02E09 The Tyrant

    • October 31, 1959
    • CBS

    Recruited by the army, Josh seeks the horses and the deserter who stole them. And he finds both the horses and the man - in custody of the town's marshal. But the marshal, who's ruling the town with an iron fist, isn't willing to give them back.

  • S02E10 Reckless

    • November 7, 1959
    • CBS

    Well-known businessman Tate Bradley hires Josh and other bounty hunters to find Tony Egan who killed his son, but was ruled an accident. When Randall finds the supposed killer and returns him. Bradley refuses to pay the bounty because Egan is still alive.

  • S02E11 Desert Seed

    • November 14, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh manages to track down Juan Gomez in the desert near the Mexican border where he's living now with his family. His nephew Pachito rides in to protect his uncle. (Afterall he is the future Pancho Villa).

  • S02E12 Twelve Hours to Crazy Horse

    • November 21, 1959
    • CBS

    Josh delivers Dan Murdock, wanted for multiple murders, in Mesa City. Josh learns that the local sheriff is the brother of Crazy Horse's deputy, one of the victims, and it's unlikely that Murdock will arrive safely. Josh goes along to make sure that he does.

  • S02E13 No Trail Back

    • November 28, 1959
    • CBS

    Joe Hooker, after raiding a bank on behalf of his brother Ben, is bitten by a dog with rabies. Upon learning this, the sheriff ends his pursuit. Josh, however, decides to go after Hooker anyway.

  • S02E14 Man on Horseback

    • December 5, 1959
    • CBS

    Charley Red Cloud is blamed for the murder of Will Bascomb. Bascomb's brother, Merv places a high bounty on Red Cloud.

  • S02E15 Chain Gang

    • December 12, 1959
    • CBS

    After being arrested for a minor offence, Josh is put on the chain gang and put to work on the local mine.

  • S02E16 Vanishing Act

    • December 26, 1959
    • CBS

    On the trail of bank robber Bart McCready, Josh discovers that he is posing as an escape artist named ""The Great Bartolo"".

  • S02E17 Mental Lapse

    • January 2, 1960
    • CBS

    An amnesia victim has posters up asking for help finding information about himself.

  • S02E18 Angela

    • January 9, 1960
    • CBS

    Angela Pryor is seeking revenge against the man who murderer her father during a burglary. Josh is also after the same man for other crimes.

  • S02E19 The Monster

    • January 16, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh goes after an elephant trainer who is using the animal to scare away the whole town so he can rob the town blind.

  • S02E20 The Most Beautiful Woman

    • January 23, 1960
    • CBS

    John Garth comes to town looking for his darling Lil, he feels something terrible has happened. There was a fire in the saloon and he thinks she died.

  • S02E21 Jason

    • January 30, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh caught 'Doc' Phillips, the partner of Clell Fennon, and now wants to use him as a bait to get Fennon - worth $5.000 - himself.

  • S02E22 The Partners

    • February 6, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh gets arrested - for horse theft. Then he finds out it was Jason who wants him behind bars because Jason wants to go after Billy Joe Henry alone.

  • S02E23 Tolliver Bender

    • February 13, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh needs Tolliver's testimony in a nearby town unfortunately Amos McKenna wants to hang Tolliver and will only allow him to go if one of the two Josh or Jason stays in his place.

  • S02E24 A House Divided

    • February 20, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh is hired by an attractive woman to find and clear the name of her father wrongly accused of murder. The real killer hires Jason to find the same man too.

  • S02E25 Triple Vice

    • February 27, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh and Jason go to Mexico Al Hemp's brother Billy. Al took the blame for Billy's crime and ends up waiting for his brother a no show.

  • S02E26 Black Belt

    • March 19, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh goes after a Korean named Sammy Wong wanted for murder. His hands are his deadly weapon, being the karate expert that he is.

  • S02E27 The Pariah

    • March 26, 1960
    • CBS

    The good townspeople hire gunmen to kill Randy Holleran who is responsible for several deaths and trouble in the town. Josh is asked by the father to help protect his son.

  • S02E28 Vendetta

    • April 9, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh captures and returns a wanted recruit to an Army Camp. The commanding officer re-instates the wanted man and refuses to pay Randall his bounty money.

  • S02E29 Death Divided by Three

    • April 23, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh and Jason are on the trail of an outlaw wanted for murder in Arizona. The outlaw's wife is also seeking her husband.

  • S02E30 The Inheritance

    • April 30, 1960
    • CBS

    Clint Davis a blind and dying rancher hires Josh to find his renegade son.

  • S02E31 Prison Trail

    • May 14, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh and Jason are delivering four criminals unaware that a stranger is following them to seek revenge on those criminals.

  • S02E32 Pay-Off at Pinto

    • May 21, 1960
    • CBS

    Bank of Pinto having been robbed hires Josh to go to Santa Fe to replenish the funds.

Season 3

  • S03E01 The Trial

    • September 21, 1960
    • CBS

    Daniel Trenner is wanted for court martial because of his cowardice several men is his platoon lost their lives. Josh is after Trenner for other reasons and wants to stop the trial.

  • S03E02 The Cure

    • September 28, 1960
    • CBS

    Emily Kendrick hires Josh to keep her beloved Harry from drinking himself to death, she has matrimony on her mind and with the arrival of Harry's brother for the wedding, she wants to make sure that all goes as planned.

  • S03E03 Journey for Josh

    • October 5, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh is delivering a female prisoner and becomes smitten with her, unknown to him is her accomplice, who is following them to break her loose.

  • S03E04 The Looters

    • October 12, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh is on his way to River City to pick up three prisoners, when an unexpected tornado destroys the jail, killing the sheriff. Josh is on the hunt to recapture the escapees.

  • S03E05 The Twain Shall Meet

    • October 19, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh allows an Eastern newspaper reporter to go with him on a manhunt for a story.

  • S03E06 The Showdown

    • October 26, 1960
    • CBS

    Johnny Haywood, a childhood friend of Josh's claims to be innocent of the crime he is accused of. When he escapes, Josh is ordered to bring him back - dead or alive.

  • S03E07 Surprise Witness

    • November 2, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh captures a notorious killer but no one wants to testify against him, until a surprise witness come forward, his mother.

  • S03E08 To the Victor

    • November 9, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh is hired by the men of the town to try and persuade the ladies to return to their homes after rebelling against their husbands gunplay.

  • S03E09 Criss-Cross

    • November 16, 1960
    • CBS

    When Josh brings in the wrong man mistakenly and after his release he finds the real criminal notifying Josh of the mans whereabouts.

  • S03E10 The Medicine Man

    • November 23, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh and a phony medicine man help out a man who was framed and falsely accused of the theft of a huge sum of money.

  • S03E11 One Mother Too Many

    • December 7, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh is hired by Beth a widow, to find her runaway son, who is currently in the care of her vindictive mother-in-law.

  • S03E12 The Choice

    • December 14, 1960
    • CBS

    Jane Koster asks Josh's help with her husband, Frank who is also a bounty hunter. He is out looking for Stacy Lenz with a score to settle and Jane fears for his life.

  • S03E13 Three for One

    • December 21, 1960
    • CBS

    Josh with prisoner Tom Fellows in tow, stops in the town of Center City overnight, unaware that one of Tom's cohorts is devising a plan to free him.

  • S03E14 Witch Woman

    • December 28, 1960
    • CBS

    Esperanza is not in love with the notorious Guerra and loves another but is too frightened to tell him because he kills any man who looks at her twice. Josh tries to reason with Guerra.

  • S03E15 Baa-Baa

    • January 4, 1961
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E16 The Last Retreat

    • January 11, 1961
    • CBS

    Sarah Lawton's identification led to killer Clem Robinson's conviction. Now Clem has escaped from prison, and Josh is hired for protection by Mrs. Lawton because her lawyer husband is a coward.

  • S03E17 Bounty on Josh

    • January 25, 1961
    • CBS

    Josh is asked to meet a client at the hotel, at his arrival he is shot. Josh tries to figure out who is behind the shooting.

  • S03E18 Hero in the Dust

    • February 1, 1961
    • CBS

    Josh is hired by Harry Weaver to find his twin brother Pete. Pete is using his resemblence to his brother to get away with murder.

  • S03E19 Epitaph

    • February 8, 1961
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E20 The Voice of Silence

    • February 15, 1961
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E21 El Gato

    • February 22, 1961
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E22 Detour

    • March 1, 1961
    • CBS

    Martin Fairweather has two lovely daughters which are the objects of a young man's affection. Papa doesn't want to lose his best cook and best cleaner so he proceeds to chase any possible suitors away. Josh's job is to distract Papa long enough for the girls to elope!

  • S03E23 Monday Morning

    • March 8, 1961
    • CBS

    Overridden with guilt Charlie Glover hires Josh to help him return the money he stole from his employer. Complications arise when the head head of operations, Sam Vickers finds out.

  • S03E24 The Long Search

    • March 15, 1961
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E25 Dead Reckoning

    • March 22, 1961
    • CBS

    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.

  • S03E26 Barney's Bounty

    • March 29, 1961
    • CBS

    Josh stops at his friend Barney's to get horses for his two prisoners, they manage to escape, leaving Josh and Barney to get them back for the reward.

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