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Imagine the kind you associate with.

The kind I associate with dress like
women, act like women, talk like women.

They are women.

I'm sure.

I have ice water on in the vein. They
don't dress up like a spiritual. I'm

trying to act like a man.

Cool -handed, blue -eyed, and
charismatic, Steve McQueen captured the

imagination of his audience.

and the hearts of women across America
with his commanding on -screen presence.

In Wanted, Dead or Alive, McQueen
anchors his acting legacy.

If this works out, I'm gonna make $990.

Yeah, you get a haircut.

His character, Josh Randall, is hard at
work building his own reputation as a

fast gun, a lawman, and a homegrown
hero.

You will have a grandson, Don Emilio.

I have willed it.

The show's storylines deal with topics
not always considered on television.

I have stirred the ashes.

And among the many challenges tough guy
Josh Randall faces as a bounty hunter,

the most daunting are with the strong
-willed women of Wanted, Dead or Alive.

I'm not a greenhorn either.

Gender roles in Wanted, Dead or Alive
are predictable enough for the Wild

and most of the series' female
characters play a secondary role to a

an employer.

Yet, they manage to stand out.

Theirs is a civilizing voice, one that
lends a touch of elegance to an

unruly world.

In the episode titled, Estrelita.

Josh Randall finds out that looks can be
deceiving.

It's my fault that he's waiting to be
hanged.

Figures. You can do everything you can
to get him out of it, right?

Rita Lynn plays a woman seeking to atone
for her wrongdoing by saving her

husband from the gallows.

Randall dices her up.

But Estrelita has a few tricks up her
sleeve.

Despite his best effort, our hero is
outwitted as she steals the money and

Michelle.

She gave me this.

That's how I knew you'd show up.

I love Jake Pringle, I think.

But there are so many men in Arizona and
so little money.

to hear you were in town, Josh.

When Josh Randall sets out to help a
friend get hit, his interactions with

women of the town provide classic,
wanted, dead or alive material.

They don't back down.

In fact, nearly all stand up to him, or
stand him up.

The female characters on Wanted Dead or
Alive brush up against Josh Randall when

they need something from him.

Josh, help me.

Make him give the money back.

Sometimes what they need is easy to see,
but we can never be sure if their

requests are harmless or if they're
trying to help someone get away with

In the Healing Woman episode, Josh
confronts Mrs. Summers about the

her young boy needs.

He speaks to her smoothly and calmly, in
classic Josh Randall style, only to get

sucker -punched by her husband for his
efforts.

Randall blusters that he won't be
belittled in front of a woman.

But this isn't the last time the
character walks away from a

a member of the opposite sex.

less confident than he arrived.

In fact, this is a reoccurring theme of
the series, and it's a battle that

Randall and McQueen seem to enjoy.

Whether

she

plays a barmaid, a housewife, or a
schoolteacher, The women of Wanted, Dead

Alive manage to bring out Josh Randall's
softer side.

Yet even the most feminine character
makes her own distinct mark. And the

profits from a cast of strong women.

George!

I quit.

Appearing as John Collier's wife in The
Healing Woman, Virginia Gregg portrays

the typical American housewife who must
go against her husband's word to help

her son.

Virginia is the template of a typical
wanted dead -or -alive woman.

Her scenes are strong and compelling,
and her character is full of goodwill

honesty.

I'll need plenty of boiling water.

Following her role on Wanted, Dead or
Alive, Virginia Gregg goes on to appear

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and in a
number of television series, including

Twilight Zone, Bonanza, Wagon Train,
Happy Days, The Streets of San

and Dynasty.

Thanks very much for helping him, Mr.

Randall. Back known for her role selling
Folgers coffee on television, Virginia

Christine is no stranger to a film set
or to budding stars.

She plays in the Hollywood productions
from High Noon to The Mummy's Curse and

Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I

want to hire you to do a job for me.

In the episode titled The Matchmaker,
Josh Randall tries to find a woman for

friend Charlie, a lonely mine owner who
wants to get married. Charlie, I just

want you to do me a favor.

Anything, you just name it. I want you
to meet somebody.

Who? Her name is Harriet Meacham. Boy,
you've been out in the sun too long.

Josh suggests Virginia Christine's
character, one Harriet Meacham, Charlie

rejects her.

Instead,

he marries a beautiful young lady who is
out for his money.

But not before he pens a letter to John
explaining how he would make a perfect

husband for Harriet.

Well, thank you very much, but I want to
make some distance before it starts

getting dark.

I hope to see you again.

In the episode Reckless, Jean Allison
plays Madge Nelson, a bright -eyed

temptress and a bold woman who puts
herself in the line of fire when a love

triangle turns into a case of murder.

I'm telling you, Madge.

When Madge's husband -to -be, Paul
Bradley, is killed in an accident, the

victim's father seeks revenge.

He puts a price on the head of Tony
Egan.

And in an act of desperation, Jean
Allison throws herself in harm's way to

protect her friend.

Now look, why don't you just settle
down, Mr. Bradley?

Out of my way, bounty hunter!

Allison's later career included featured
roles on Gunsmoke, Starsky & Hutch, and

Charlie's Angels.

Tony and I were only friends.

I never loved anybody but Paul.

The Old West evokes images of fast
-talking gunslingers. They'll shoot you

the back for a glass of whiskey.

Josh Randall's world may be filled with
thieves, crooks, and swindlers, but

sometimes in the Wild West, there's only
one way to get something done.

The women of Wanted Dead or Alive

embody the spirit of the American West,
and their example can only expand the

role of women in contemporary
entertainment.