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Zid2j3a3odt2ljvwgwrv9eihawf 1x1 – Episode 1

While pursuing Carl Martin, Josh stops at a marshal's office where Carl is being held. However, Josh interrupts a jail break involving Carl's brother Andy. Josh is falsely accused of aiding in the jailbreak and the marshal's murder.

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Rdpyyyjhhk3qzixablp9bxlfljd 1x2 – Episode 2

When phony wanted posters put a price on the head of a retired Confederate officer, Colonel Sykes' daughter summons Josh Randall to help keep the bounty hunters at bay while also uncovering the person behind the bogus posters.

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Nc3pgvig8nplt2zeurdu6mu1tfg 1x3 – Episode 3

A reclusive old man with an Apache bodyguard is wanted for a crime committed long ago. Randall tags along with an overeager bounty hunter to ensure the man is brought back alive as a favor to the Sheriff and the old man.

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Ircivsrr0lbwbt4rfifjufbhiz0 1x4 – Episode 4

A ranch manager hires Randall to bring back a line rider charged with grand theft. The accused man's father joins Randall on the trek to the remote shack where the thief is thought to be hiding but tries to delay Randall on the way.

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5priy3va2uam2h2oeolex43vatz 1x5 – Episode 5

Randall is rooked into advancing half the bounty to a man who promises to lead him to the wanted criminal Shawnee Bill, but Bill may be closer than Randall thinks and he's not even the only bounty hunter on his trail.

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Mas0azbuuoq4okq2byxyiur5ltj 1x6 – Episode 6

A banker with a consuming thirst for vengeance hires Randall to accompany him to track down the man he believes responsible for his son's death and a bank robbery. The man Randall seeks can be identified by his distinctive gun draw.

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3rjrzat1hp0uc4kiiaom4j3wazl 1x7 – Episode 7

Randall is deputized to transport a ruthless killer to Tucson, but exchanges him for the nun kidnapped by the killer's gang. The nettlesome nun then becomes a thorn in his side as he sets out to recapture his prisoner.

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Dlavpnqklan25rczxv41tsnjsri 1x8 – Episode 8

Randall brings a suspected murderer to Pot Hole, but fears the man won't receive a fair trial when he finds the townspeople in the grip of a power-mad bully who serves as the hanging judge over a kangaroo court.

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6rfaqbu04t9bcuixbxcutwqq0su 1x9 – Episode 9

When Josh as a favor to a friend escorts a beautiful woman to a trial that could see her hang for killing her husband, her lover, and a foreman, she uses all her seductive charm on him to convince him she is really innocent.

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Hwyrrain9qtigfruu9ieqf2rghu 1x10 – Episode 10

Josh is asked by Stacy Torrance for help when she finds a wanted poster under her door - for her for murder. She believes the posters are being put up by her husband, a riverboat conman, who she tried to murder after he mistreated her.

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J0ymidzji5lcxgdze7xkotuzomb 1x11 – Episode 11

Owing a favor to a sheriff, Josh agrees against better judgment to go to the lawless town of Bent Horn to bring back a man wanted for bank robbery and murder based on the word of another man who was involved in the robbery.

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J5ah0ouyhnytrfksvomt9apmiel 1x12 – Episode 12

Josh sets out to help a heartbroken wife locate her missing husband, but his mission of mercy meets with a resistant and tight-lipped townspeople. Josh discovers another man is also seeking the missing husband, but with murder in mind.

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Qaoqcojqe5jdc9wbzektyhp04xp 1x13 – Episode 13

Josh is bushwhacked by bounty hunters in cahoots with the local sheriff, who now must keep Josh from blowing the whistle on their illegal but lucrative "bounty game". He finds himself in jail with his quarry and as new quarry.

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Kgzhurzavuimbkhf2kvutcqbwxw 1x14 – Episode 14

A sadistic pair of killers escape from prison who have no qualms about killing. They hijack the stagecoach Josh is riding with a young prisoner by felling a tree on its path. They decide to use Josh and the prisoner as hostages.

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Dzelvyboqglzfabcal1kpopkfih 1x15 – Episode 15

Following an Indian attack on their stagecoach that kills his prisoner, Randall and an eastern gentleman unaccustomed to the ways of the West must trek to safety across many long, hot miles of hostile Apache territory.

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R2brqwdaiuivxqecqvanrentjbb 1x16 – Episode 16

On Christmas Eve Randall receives his most daunting assignment yet from a young boy who has eight cents to pay: bring in Santa Claus. Tricked into the job, Randall tries to make the best of a bad situation for the boy's family.

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3bglzkbymcredg4onztsl8ctdaj 1x17 – Episode 17

Thieves are lying in wait to ambush mail carriers and eventually Josh is hired to help insure that the mail will get through. The thieves have news about a $20,000 Diamond Ring that is being delivered which they are waiting for.

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Xxo1ddgojtdl0keysjqexom78jk 1x18 – Episode 18

Josh is knocked out by a posse who wants his prisoner who is wanted for killing his step-daughter. When he goes to recover his reward, he finds he has been paid but he still wants justice and soon finds the prisoner may be innocent.

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Bvotqw2kkx9njkbg0bizebzxonb 1x19 – Episode 19

Josh needs to get his wounded prisoner to Bannach in three days to prevent an innocent man from hanging. His only option is a stagecoach carrying dynamite but Josh is willing to take the risk against the wishes of the driver.

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Ki4hjzujtiizoxutf6cqsekogy 1x20 – Episode 20

Josh rides into a small town looking for Vic Warsaw but is told by the Sheriff that Warsaw was buried that day and killed by Miss Lucy Fremont the night before. But, when Josh examines Warsaw's belongings, he has other ideas.

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Xi6c4rkseapkhsw5p6jjfxynkm7 1x21 – Episode 21

Four men break out of prison looking for revenge against Aben Starr who turned them in after their first escape attempt. Josh finds Starr running a stage stop hoping to catch the escapees there but instead finds himself caught by them.

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3whmluxlnevz6roth63kgpuodvp 1x22 – Episode 22

Josh is resting in Benson when two bounty hunters bring in a man - the mayor - dead. Although the man was wanted, the sheriff and others want nothing to do with the pair. When they disrupt Josh's plans, he concocts a trap for them.

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8bgbjljpv6p9vo2ipq5bpl5uckl 1x23 – Episode 23

A grieving father who is the town drunk hires Josh Randall with his last $30 to find his murdered son's body, but Josh's search for clues runs up against a cowardly conspiracy of silence. Josh isn't sure anyone is missing at all.

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Vuufmvzebbzxsmifu3epcbdicvd 1x24 – Episode 24

At the request of his friend's wife, Randall comes to assist and protect a war buddy in his bid for the town's mayoralty, quickly running afoul of the established political machine and its corrupt mayor and wanted sheriff.

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6oykagkjtdcuhfgbqbjmgwytxus 1x25 – Episode 25

A bounty hunter is not a hero in his own hometown, as Josh learns when he honors a dying friend's request to return his body to Cameron and the townspeople rush to judgment, believing Josh killed him for the reward money.

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Bwlpp1mtwx4b1rhalfvsnnfsibl 1x26 – Episode 26

Josh is approached by the wife of a wanted man eager to turn himself in peacefully, provided Josh splits the bounty with his wife. To ensure the deal goes as planned, Josh enlists the aid of an old friend: Sheriff Pat Garrett.

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Czxknyufumqnbcglzi4dcb20wds 1x27 – Episode 27

A man with unwavering faith in a legend about lost treasure hires Josh to lead his family on an expedition into the desert to locate the cache of Spanish gold. His method of getting Josh may be fatal to Josh and the family.

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Mla5dkzuxezmybbncvbzexh66ps 1x28 – Episode 28

When a young runaway is framed for killing a Pinkerton agent, Randall turns detective to uncover the real killer. He learns there has been a series of murders on the railroad and there is a $200 reward for anyone killing an agent.

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Nnqmywp951zkqqy81zas4hwlcsc 1x29 – Episode 29

Josh is requested to meet a famous singer at the opera house in Denver who has a job for him. He uncovers an unconventional kidnapping plot when he signs on to rescue the ransomed sister of the famous singer at Sugar Creek.

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X2fuerlu8quoaqymkleoilzsoyj 1x30 – Episode 30

Josh comes to the aid of his old friend Jesse, who is being strong-armed into selling the Outrider Hotel and Saloon owned by his beautiful girlfriend who wants no violence by self-proclaimed mayor and town bully Peter Kovack.

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Uhbd4c51bdtqwzvynokz19kti4w 1x31 – Episode 31

A decidedly different and dangerous assignment awaits Josh when he agrees to go into the Apache camp and compete in their contests to win the hand of a white woman the Indians kidnapped as a child and have raised as their own.

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5bcyhqv7sqab306y01qsxcxt1in 1x32 – Episode 32

Pursuing killer Joe Collins into the Superstition Mountains, Josh is followed by a man who believes Collins could be his long lost son. Because of a horseshoe problem, Josh catches up with the man who takes Josh to a possible hideout.

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R6b9ph2shzft0jexsunl6qhjeap 1x33 – Episode 33

A blindly obedient religious cult cast lots and it falls upon a young woman to act as its angel of vengeance. Her mission is to murder Josh Randall in retaliation for his killing their cult leader's drunk son in a shootout.

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Q5lvlkfjxwprpokjqfgtskdylwm 1x34 – Episode 34

Josh receives a letter from a girl at the St. Elizabeth Home for Young Ladies. Expecting a young woman, Josh finds a young orphan girl wanting him to find the parents she insists are still alive and with whom she yearns to be reunited.

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Ijdx1dlm8hmviruyhyzeggugmps 1x35 – Episode 35

A concerned father hires Josh to retrieve his son, a passionate young ideologue whose gift for rousing rhetoric is being used by plunderers to recruit freedom fighters to serve in their phony liberation of Baja California.

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Ahfy79q8pnp3cravyh8gcn2fyov 1x36 – Episode 36

Josh's big talk after a dog is shot lands him in big trouble when his browbeating the locals in the saloon about ending the decades-long Carter-Blake feud gets him drafted to go reconcile the hate-fueled hillbillies for $200.

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Inhalt

Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) ist kein typischer raubeiniger Kopfgeldjäger im Wilden Westen. Er ist ein vollendeter Gentleman, der immer die Hälfte (und manchmal auch alles) seines wohlverdienten Geldes aus Nächstenliebe an die Armen gibt. Er ist kein Mann der vielen Worte und – ganz anders als die anderen Kopfgeldjäger – trägt er eine 1892er Winchester an seinem Gürtel, ein verkürztes Gewehr, das er liebevoll „Mare's Leg“ nennt. Und so begibt er sich auf unvergessliche, klassische Westernabenteuer…

Kritik

Steve McQueen ist ohne Zweifel ein unbeschreiblicher Hollywood-Held: Immerhin hat der blonde Sunnyboy bereits vor allen anderen das jungendliche Gefühl des Coolseins gekonnt auf die Leinwand gebracht und ist bis heute der Inbegriff dieses Stils. Und so spielte er sich mit Filmen wie "Bullitt", "Getaway", "Die glorreichen Sieben" oder "Gesprengte Ketten" in die Herzen der Fans. Stets mit einem Lächeln auf den Lippen, einem lockeren Spruch sowie einer unbeschreiblichen Art des Frohseins, war er der Chris Pine, Bradley Cooper oder Ryan Gosling der 60er und 70er Jahre. Hinter der Fassade steckte jedoch viel mehr: McQueen war im Kern ein fantastischer Schauspieler, der jede Rolle zu meistern wusste ("Papillon"). Doch was die wenigsten wissen: Seine Karriere begann McQueen, wie viele andere Schauspieler der damaligen Zeit, mit einer Western-Serie. Und dank der Mühen von STUDIOCANAL (die die Serie auf DVD mit grandioser Qualität neu aufgelegt haben) gibt es nun endlich die Chance, jenen Anfang zu bestaunen, der Steve McQueen erst als Seriendarsteller und dann dank Regisseur John Sturges ("Die glorreichen Sieben") auch als Kinomagnet berühmt machte. Doch auch abseits davon, ist "Josh: Der Kopfgeldjäger" (OT: "Wanted: Dead or Alive") ein Erlebnis, welches gerade Fans nicht verpassen sollten.

Denn die Serie rund um den herzensguten Kopfgeldjäger Josh, zählt neben "Cowboys", "26 Men", "Maverick" sowie "Rauchende Colts" zu den besten Western-Serien der damaligen Zeit. Und das liegt vor allem daran, dass die Serie weitestgehend auf gängige Klischees verzichtete. Zwar ist auch hier noch die romantische Vorstellung der 50er Jahre nicht verkennbar (daher sind die Rollen Gut und Böse klar verteilt), doch die Geschichten von "Josh: Der Kopfgeldjäger" sind angenehm anders. So ist Josh keineswegs der gnadenlose Kopfgeldjäger, wie er später von Regisseur Sergio Corbucci so zynisch wie düster in "Leichen pflastern seinen Weg" gezeichnet wurde, sondern viel eher jemand, der gerne hilft. Und daher dient der Steckbrief nicht nur dazu, um Josh ständig auf die gleiche Jagd zu schicken, sondern auch um einmal Familienschwierigkeiten zu lösen, alte Probleme aus der Vergangenheit zu bewältigen, jemanden Unschuldigen zu retten oder gar Notleidenden zu helfen. Geld ist  für Josh, trotz seines ständigen Glücksspiels, nicht so wichtig wie stringente Gerechtigkeit. Und mehr als einmal gibt Josh darum gerne sein Kopfgeld ab, um so den Kleineren und Hilflosen zu helfen. Während dadurch die einzelnen Episoden, die jeweils eine angenehme Länge von gerade einmal 25 Minuten haben, stets unterschiedlich ausfallen, gibt es viele Überraschungen, die selbst heute noch erstaunlich differenziert ausfallen. Mehr als nur einmal, endet eine Episode anders, als es der Zuschauer zu Beginn erwartet.

Doch auch Abseits der typischen Western-Geschichten, die alles abdecken was das Genre-Herz begehrt, gibt es in "Josh: Der Kopfgeldjäger" einiges zu bestaunen. Dies fängt bei den recht imposanten (trotz Studio) wie detailreichen Kulissen an und endet bei den vielen Nebenrollen, die teils hochkarätige Namen beinhalten. Von James Coburn, Warren Oates, James Best, Ralph Meeker sowie vielen mehr, gibt es immer einmal wieder große Namen, die hier teils selber noch ihr Debüt feiern. Interessant ist zudem die Figur des Josh selbst. Leichtfüßig, mit lockeren Klamotten, einem recht frechem Auftreten und einer mehr als ungewöhnlichen Waffe, ist dabei die Rolle perfekt auf Steve McQueen zugeschnitten. Hier kann McQueen zum ersten Mal zeigen, wie stark er eine kraftvolle Leinwand-Präsenz besitzt. Es macht einfach Spaß dem Kopfgeldjäger Josh bei seinen Abenteuern (trotz des heute eher belächelten schwarz-weiß) zu folgen. Für Western-Fans ist daher die Serie nicht nur Pflicht, sondern zeugt auch, wie der Übergang des romantischen amerikanischen Western hin zum blutigen wie brachialen Italo-Western ausgesehen hat. Eben ein Stück Fernsehgeschichte, welches es nun digital bearbeitet mit einem grandiosen Bild gibt, sodass sich gerade jetzt der Kauf mehr als lohnt. Einzig schade ist, dass die englische Tonspur keine Untertitel bietet.

Fazit

Trotz des Alters, der romantischen Inszenierung des Genres sowie der kurzen Episoden-Laufzeit, ist selbst heute noch "Josh: Der Kopfgeldjäger" eine interessante wie äußerst charmante Western-Serie, die gerade durch Steve McQueen ein absolutes Erlebnis darstellt. Für Fans gerade daher ein Pflichtkauf. Und dank STUDIOCANAL gibt es nun die erste Staffel mit 36 Episoden in perfekter Qualität zu bestaunen.

Kritik: Thomas Repenning

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