View Full Version : Steve McQueen in Wanted: Dead or Alive


MichaelKeith
03-11-2015, 02:21 PM
He was the man in this great show! I recently discovered it on Encore Westerns channel daily at 6:00 pm central time. In terms of great old western tv shows, I rank this one way up near the top along with Cheyenne, Lawman, Have Gun Will Travel and Rifleman.

McQueen was young when this show ran (1958-1961) and quite a good actor even then.

H.Munster
11-12-2015, 04:23 AM
The show was great and the town scenery/props/facades were awesome

Torgo
11-12-2015, 08:38 AM
I've got the series on DVD, one of my favorite western series.

H.Munster
11-14-2015, 01:46 PM
I got the DVDs when they were first released by a season at a time.. I got season 1 and 2 and kept waiting for season 3.. Eventually they sold a box set of the entire series so I bought it... The single seasons look a million times better.. Less compression or whatever...

HarryWild
03-07-2016, 05:08 AM
I got the DVDs when they were first released by a season at a time.. I got season 1 and 2 and kept waiting for season 3.. Eventually they sold a box set of the entire series so I bought it... The single seasons look a million times better.. Less compression or whatever...

Yes I discover that on my Leave To Beaver show! It was the same amount of shows on each dvd but the individual seasons DVDs were much better then the Complete Box Set!

H.Munster
06-10-2016, 06:40 PM
Yeah, and I don't know about the Beaver set, but WDOA used those double sided disks

Crusinforabrusin
08-20-2016, 07:26 PM
I heard he got sick of the series after a few seasons and tried to get himself fired from the show. He was very angry when he was told he wasn't allowed to leave the show.

katmandu38
08-26-2016, 03:40 PM
the pilot is on the trackdown series. great series also.

bmasters9
10-14-2017, 06:01 PM
I've got the series on DVD, one of my favorite western series.

Bumping this up: so do I! I completed the series very recently.

Here's the version I have:

Coffeecup
06-23-2018, 09:44 PM
I have just tuned into the show. I was Dvr it but decide to see it on Demand. Only a half hour which is good. Interesting to see guest stars. Saw Alan Hale Jr in an early first season episode.

TMC
12-02-2023, 02:11 AM
Steve McQueen wasn't interested in playing the good guy (https://www.metv.com/stories/steve-mcqueen-wasnt-interested-in-playing-the-good-guy)

McQueen wanted his character to be "rank."

TMC
03-05-2024, 09:34 PM
Steve McQueen's military service helped him foresee the rise of the anti-hero (https://www.metv.com/stories/steve-mcqueens-military-service-helped-him-foresee-the-rise-of-the-anti-hero)

He predicted audiences' shifting tastes.

TMC
03-25-2024, 02:29 AM
Steve McQueen helped create the memorable Mare's Leg gun in ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' (https://www.metv.com/stories/steve-mcqueen-worked-to-create-the-memorable-gun-in-wanted-dead-or-alive)

The firearm helped distinguish this show from the rest.

TMC
10-25-2025, 07:22 PM
Before His Movies, Steve McQueen’s Big Break Came In This Forgotten TV Western (https://screenrant.com/steve-mcqueen-wanted-dead-or-alive-breakout-role/)

Steve McQueen is best-known for classic movies like The Great Escape and Bullitt, but the role that made him was in a TV Western in the late 1950s.

Dude111
10-25-2025, 10:05 PM
I didnt see that one!