If I remember right, I think I had started thread like this a while back, But no matter,
Here are my top ten favorite TV westerns:
1. The Wild Wild West
2.The Adventures Of Brisco County Jr.
3.The Lone Ranger
4. Wagon Train
5. The High Chaparral
6. Maverick
7.Have Gun, Will Travel
8. The Westerner
9.Wanted: Dead Or Alive
10. Lonesome Dove (the mini-series)
Howdy Folks,
A classic western finally comes to DVD. Here's the info:
Wanted: Dead or Alive - Let's Go: Steve McQueen's Wanted: Dead or Alive Hits DVD
3/22/2005
In 1958 producer Jack H. Harris was producing a film called The Blob, and had hired a young actor named Steve McQueen to star in the pic. McQueen was paid $3000 for the role, and it was to be the first of a three picture deal. However, the story has it that the production team thought McQueen was difficult to work with, and released him from the commitment to the other two films. Perhaps that's why Harris gave McQueen a "glowing recommendation" to Dick Powell. Powell, you see, was in charge of Four Star Productions, and was putting together a new Western TV series at the time. After the recommendation, Powell asked Harris if he could see a rough cut of The Blob, and was allowed to do so. Powell liked what he saw of McQueen, and hired the future Hollywood legend to play Josh Randall, the lead character of Wanted: Dead or Alive.
Three seasons playing the famed bounty hunter led McQueen to that legendary status. Before the show's run had ended, he had already played "Vin" in The Magnificent Seven, and went on to be the symbol of toughness and coolness in other hit films like The Great Escape, The Cincinnati Kid, The Sand Pebbles, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, Le Mans, Papillon, The Towering Inferno, and his final role in The Hunter. Just three months after the 1980 debut of that last film, Terence Steven McQueen succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 50.
Now, 25 years after his death (during a year that, coincidentally, Jack H. Harris is once again producing The Blob for the big screen), New Line joins distributor Warner Brothers in celebrating the King of Cool's life and career. While WB is working toward a box set release of six of McQueen's films, New Line is planning a June 7th launch of Wanted: Dead or Alive - Season 1:
Own the hit television series that launched the career of big-screen legend Steve McQueen. Josh Randall (McQueen) was not a typical rough-hewn bounty hunter of the Old West; he was a consummate gentleman who always gave half - or even all - of his reward money to charity. He was a man of few words, and he carried a Winchester sawed-off shotgun, which he wore on his belt and fondly called his "Mare's leg." The 4-DVD set has a cost of $39.92 SRP, running 1008 minutes with lots of extras. Here's a disc-by-disc breakdown of the set:
Disc 1 - Side A
EPISODES
1.The Martin Poser
2. Fatal Memory
3. The Bounty
4. Dead End
EXTRAS
Genesis of "Wanted Dead or Alive" (menu text)
Steve McQueen Bio Part 1 (menu text)
Color episode of "The Martin Poser"
Disc 1 - Side B
EPISODES
5. Shawnee Bill
6.The Giveaway Gun
7. Ransom for a Nun
8.Miracle at Pot Hole
EXTRAS
"The Bounty Hunter" featurette
Photo gallery
Disc 2 - Side A
EPISODES
9. The Fourth Headstone
10. Till Death Do Us Part
11. The Favor
12. Ricochet
EXTRAS
"Life in The Fast Lane" documentary Parts 1 & 2
Disc 2 - Side B
EPISODES
13. Sheriff of Red Rock
14. Die by the Gun
15. Rawhide Breed
16. Eight Cent Reward?
EXTRAS
Steve McQueen Filmography (menu text)
Steve McQueen Bio Part 2 (menu text)
Color episode of "The Favor"
Disc 3 - Side A
EPISODES
17. Drop To Drink
18. Rope Law
19. Six-Up to Bannach
20. The Spur
EXTRAS
"Angel or Devil" featurette
Photo gallery
Disc 3 - Side B
EPISODES
21. Reunion for Revenge
22. Competition
23. Call Your Shot
24.Secret Ballot
EXTRAS
"Life in The Fast Lane" documentary Parts 3 & 4
Disc 4 - Side A
EPISODES
25. The Corner
26. Eager Man
27. The Legend
28. Railroaded
29. Double Fee
30. The Kovack Affair
EXTRAS
Steve McQueen Bio Part 3 (menu text)
Color episode of "Six-Up to Bannach"
Disc 4 - Side B
EPISODES
31. Bounty for a Bride
32. Crossroads
33. Angels of Vengeance
34. Littlest Client
35. The Conquerers
36. Amos Carter
EXTRAS
"Dead End" featurette
"Life in The Fast Lane" documentary Parts 5 & 6
Photo gallery
The DVD comes with video in 4x3 full screen, with black-and-white presentation of all episodes, plus 3 episodes presented in color as extras (the orginal b&w versions are there, too). Sound is the original English Mono, and there are subtitles in English and Spanish.
Link to this page:
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All news for this show:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shownews.cfm?ShowID=4551
More info on this show:
Wanted: Dead or Alive
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Fans of the classic western series "The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp" starring Hugh O'Brian, may want to check out the cable channel TV Land. On Sat Feb 5 the station will start rerunning episodes of this late 50's series.
QuoteI see no one has mentioned that goofy series called "Wild Wild West" from the '60s with Robert Conrad. Not really a western, huh?
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Actually Jen, I put "The Wild Wild West" as my #1 favorite western. It's not quite a "pure" western, but it's my favorite.
Howdy Folks,
Like a lot of us here, I'm a lifelong western fan and I have seen alot of books and magazine stories written about the great movie westerns, but I've seen very little written about the TV western. I believe there have been about 150 since television began So my question is..what are your favorites? Here's my "Top Ten' looking forward to seeing yours:
1. The Wild Wild West
2.The Adventures Of Brisco County Jr.
3.The Lone Ranger
4. Wagon Train
5. The High Chaparral
6. Maverick
7.Have Gun, Will Travel
8. The Westerner
9.Wanted: Dead Or Alive
10. Lonesome Dove (the mini-series)
