Thursday, August 2, 2007

WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE SEASON 2 TV DVD REVIEW


A short blurb from BCI/New Line about Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 2: For the first time on DVD, comes all 32 episodes of the complete second season of the hit television series “WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE”. The show that launched the career of big-screen legend Steve McQueen.

The series continues with the following 32 episodes. From the middle of the season till the end of the season, Josh Randall gets a partner of sorts by the name of Jason Nichols played by Wright King. A couple of well-known writers wrote for the series. Samuel A Peeples went on to write for the series Star Trek and Charles Beaumont wrote for the Twilight Zone. It also started the beginning of careers for James Coburn, Robert Strauss, Wayne Rogers and Warren Oates to name a few. This set includes all the episodes from the second season uncut which were also Digitally Remastered and a featurette called “The Women of Wanted: Dead or Alive

VIDEO

The video quality is very good! All the episodes are on film. Film quality is quite good with little to no dirt or specks All discs have a Play All feature.

Audio

Was originally recorded in Mono. Also here in mono but very clear!

Disc 1- 37. “Montana Kid”
38. “The Healing Woman” with James Westerfield
39. “The Matchmaker” with Royal Dano
40. “Breakout” with Phillip Pine
41. “ Estralita” with Charles Aidman
42. “The Hostage” with Alexander Scourby and Lee Van Cleef
43. “The Empty Cell” with Lon Chaney and Deforest Kelley
44. “Bad Gun” with King Donavan

Disc 2- 45. “The Tyrant” wit RG Armstrong
46. “Reckless” with Everett Sloane
47. “Desert Seed”
48. “Twelve Hours To Crazy Horse” with John Dehner and Dabbs Greer
49. “No Trail Back”
50. “Man on Horseback” with Jeanne Cooper and Jay Silverheels
51. “Chain Gang” with William Schallert and Richard Reeves
52. “Vanishing Act”

Disc 3- 53. “Mental Lapse” with Harry Townes
54. “Angela” with Wayne Rogers and Warren Oates
55. “The Monster” with Martin Landau
56. “Most Beautiful Woman” with Arthur Franz
57. “Jason” with Wright King and Pierre Watkin
58. “The Partners” with Richard Farnsworth
59. “Tolliver Bender” with John Carradine
60. “A House Divided” with Stafford Repp and Don Gordon

Disc 4- 61. “Triple Vice”
62. “Black Belt” with Richard Crane
63. “The Parrish” with Susan Oliver and Don Dubbins
64. “Vendetta” with Harry Townes
65. “Death Divided By Three”
66. “The Inheritance” with Ed Kemmer
67. “Prison Trail” with Claude Akins and Beverly Garland
68. “Pay-Off At Pinto”

Extras

Disc 1: None

Disc 2: None

Disc 3: None

Disc 4: Featurette- The Woman of Wanted: Dead or Alive (11:07)

Verdict

A solid second series. One more season to go! Hopefully Season 3 is on the way soon!


Rating; *****!

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