Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) Call Your Shot (1959) User Reviews

One of the better shows in the collection.

[kfo9494 · 9/10 · 29 March 2014]

This episode in one of the better shows in the series. Many of the episodes seem to be routine but this show has all the action that would make any show enjoyable.

It all begins when Josh Randall enters a town where a man, Gabe Henshaw, pays him a small sum of thirty dollars to find his son. He believes that his son has been killed and wants Josh to find the body.

After some investigation, Josh is told that Mr Henshaw is a drunk and delirious man and that his son actually ran away from his father to start a new life. Since Josh finds no other evidence, he returns the money to Henshaw and is set to leave town. But before leaving, he runs into someone that will change his mind and returns to do some more investigation about the disappearance.

An episode that was well acted and well written. After watching many of the series episodes, this show is one of the shows that is a trademark of the entire collection. Good watch.

Dunn, Dialog Make This Episode A Big Winner

[ccthemovieman-1 · 10/10 · 29 September 2006]

Wow, what a pleasant surprise to see James Dunn, Academy Award winner and co-star of "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" (1945). It's a bit of a shock to see Dunn about 15 years older. He looked it and sounded it, with a deeper voice than he had in the 1930s and '40s. He's still a fine actor, and shows it in here, playing a man who hires Josh to find his dead son.

"Gabe Henshaw" (Dunn) hasn't seen his son for four days and thinks he's dead. No one else in the town believes him, thinking the old man is off his rocker and the kid just split to get away from him. The sheriff warns Josh that the missing son's girlfriend's family might give him trouble. Randall goes to talk to her but the parents say she is sick in bed.

Randall meets back with "Gabe" at the local saloon and gives him his money back, saying he doesn't see evidence of foul play, himself. However, after leaving the saloon, he's threatened and told to leave town. Now, he believes there might be something to this claim by the father.

Randall decides to return to the girl's house to see once again if he can talk with her. She is out in front of her house and whispers to Josh that she isn't sick and to meet her at 9 o'clock in back of the school where they can talk privately and she'll tell him what's really going on. Josh is ambushed behind that school and beaten up by three men.

Randall then goes to work and the rest is very well done. It turns out there are many aspects to this short story. There is excellent dialog, perhaps the best I've seen so far in 23 episodes. An outstanding show.

Justice is a Beautiful Thing

[jmarchese · 10/10 · 31 May 2014]

Josh Randall arrives in town to help Gabe Henshaw find his dead son Wilt. Upon visiting the sheriff, Randall is told it's all in Gabe Henshaw's mind, he's the town drunk and his son is alive.

Gregg and Ella Fenton deny anything's wrong and try to protect their daughter Abbie, who was engaged to Wilt Henshaw.

Jed Miller, a wealthy saw mill owner, has romantic interests in Abbie Fenton and intends to marry her. Mr.& Mrs. Fenton are the epitome of politically correct and want their daughter to marry Jed.

Josh gets the truth from Abbie in front of her parents and what follows is the best sequence of events imaginable. Even the epilogue has superb dialog with respect to the town's sheriff, the newspaper chief, and Josh.

I do not understand for a split second how this episode got only a 7.3 rating from a large sample of viewers. I put it in the top 5 of all 95 episodes done.