Watch this wonderful western television series starring steve mcqueen as bounty hunter josh randall. Our version of the holster worn by steve mcqueen in that iconic western. This is a discussion on wanted dead or alive within the lever action forums, part of the gun forum category. The magnificent seven, our vin holster is angled forward to speed the pistol into your hand. Cowboy holsters, western holsters, custom leather holsters, cowboy action shooting, pistol holster, le far west, leather projects, western cowboy, leather tooling. In catlow 1971, leonard nimoy plays a bounty hunter who carries a winchester model 1892 mares leg rifle as his main weapon, in a tribute to the western series, wanted. It s hard to believe it s been fiftyfive years since steve mcqueen, the king of cool, made his television debut as josh randall, the cowboy cavalier and bounty hunter from the american wild west. Steve mcqueen with a colt m1911 government in the getaway 1972. The character was noted for wielding a modified winchester 1892. He often donates his earnings to the needy and helps his prisoners if they have been wrongly accused. This is the cutdown version of the loop lever 1892 that was made famous in the tv series wanted dead or alive. Steve mcqueen and his mares leg then went on to star in the cbs tv series wanted dead or alive it aired on cbs for three seasons in 195861. Steve mcqueen can be seen using the following weapons in the following films and television series.
The king of ultracool steve mcqueen played the lead, bring ice cold cool to cowboyswho were already plenty damn frigid. Dead or alive was a halfhour western television show which ran from 19581961. Wanted dead or alive 1958 1961 the legend of cool youtube. Wanted dead or alive tv series wanted dead or alive is an american western television series starring steve mcqueen as the bounty hunter josh randall.
Uneducated young max sand mcqueen is the product of a mixed marriagea white father and a kiowa mother. The premiere of steve mcqueens wanted dead or alive. In the magnificent seven tv series 19982000 vin tanner eric close carries a winchester model 1892 mares leg rifle as his main weapon, in a tribute to the western series, wanted. The story behind steve mcqueens revolver the gentleman. A confederate veteran of the civil war, randall carries a shortened winchester model 1892 carbine, the mares leg, a gun which he has the ability to draw and fire with lightening speed. The series aired on cbs for three seasons from 1958 to 1961. Mcqueen dubbed it the mares leg, because, as an avid shooter in real life. Steve mcqueen list of movies and tv shows tv guide.
Dead or alive, rode across blackandwhite screens toting a sidearm like nothing any. Vin movie holster steve mcqueen s holster and gunbelt from the magnificent 7 color shown. If you want to dress like steve mcqueen in this photo, look no further. Frank bullitt with his colt diamondback in bullitt 1968. Any one remember the western series wanted dead or alive, staring steve mcqueen jb custom has come out with a legal version called the mares.
Back in the heyday of the tv western, steve mcqueen, the star of wanted. Circle kb all western cowboy circle kb western holsters and gun belts. For starters, as with the riflemans rifle, the gun was an anachronism, a cutdown winchester model 1892 in a setting pre1892. To this day, i cant stand it if some idiot movie director decides its necessary to hurt an animal to achieve some dramatic effect. Movie style is shown with a bit of barrel out the end of the holster, but holster looks and works just as well if made to. The colt sa army is the most ubiquitous and iconic gun of the western genre this is the standard sixshooter that every cowboy wears on his hip. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot, to shoot on time, and to shoot straight. Playing the hardedged yet fairminded old west bounty hunter josh randall, mcqueens charisma and the shows placement on cbs televisions vaunted saturday night lineup of gunsmoke and have gun, will travel propelled the taut, halfhour western into an instant hit. The mares laig rifle pistol is also a wonderful star of this western show. Nevada smith is the young son of an americanindian mother and white father. A television western is a television series which takes place in the old west and involves cowboys, cattle ranchers, miners, farmers, native americans, spaniards, swords, guns and horses. Dead or alive was a popular tv series of 3 seasons that ran from 1958 to 1961.
Josh randall is a confederate veteran and bounty hunter with a soft heart. Wanted dead or alive tv western episode theme song. Steve mcqueen wanted dead or alive tv western episode theme song season 1. In steve mcqueen s determined ascent to the top of hollywoods ranks, he could often be mercurial, wary, and downright competitive of his fellow actors. See more ideas about guns, western movies and hand guns.
When i was a kid i had all these toy horses and each had a name. A bounty hunter by trade, he tracked his prey all over the west. Josh randall in the western series wanted dead or alive also owned a modified winchester rifle. One of the amusing, insider affairs of 1960 film the magnificent seven was the onandoffcamera rivalry more like an active dislike between its star yul brynner and newcomer steve mcqueen, who. Gun duel between steve mcqueen and yul brynner no contest. The term mares leg was actually originally introduced in 1957 in the tv series trackdown, where steve mcqueen first appeared as a bounty hunter. The series, which ran some 94 episodes, featured steve mcqueen as a civil war veteran josh randall with a sawedoff rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the wild west of the 1870s. Eric close plays the character steve mcqueen played in the original film. It starred steve mcqueen as the bounty hunter josh randall. Steve mcqueen and robert culp, it could have frozen and shattered television tubes in acutely observed and. Turner and hooch and dances with wolves come quickly to mind.
Nevada smith steve mcqueen, brian keith, karl malden, suzanne pleshette, arthur kennedy, martin landau, janet margolin, paul fix 1966. Mares leg is now a generic term for a winchester model 1892 with a shortened barrel and stock. Dead or alive in various sizes, also as poster, canvas or artprint american actor and racer steve mcqueen, nicknamed the king of cool, attends the 1969 running of. Howard shortened the barrel to nine inches and removed most of the buttstock. The mares leg is the name given to a customized shortened rifle used by steve mcqueens character on the television series wanted. Before the debut episode of the classic western television series wanted. A 1987 feature film of the same name starred rutger hauer as a descendant of mcqueen s character the following weapons were used in the television. From 1958 to 1961, steve mcqueen, as bounty hunter josh randall in wanted. A man of few words, randolph let his mares leg, an 1892 winchester sawedoff shotgun. Randall carries a shortened winchester model 1892 carbine called the mares leg and can draw and fire his weapon with blazing. Steve mcqueen almost became a member of the rat pack. Mcqueens character was named josh randall, and the gun has also been referred to as a winchester randall, or a randall special.
Dead or alive 19581961, in which steve mcqueen s bounty hunter used as a main weapon. Dead or alive dropped, nobody knew who steve mcqueen was. Mcqueen at the time was primarily a tv actor, bestknown for the smallscreen western series. Dead or alive steve mcqueen classic tv western on fence hd aluminum wall art photograph of steve mcqueen from wanted. You can get a 4 inch brim if you would like but in the heavier 10x beaver. The replica also features a working lever action, which add to its realistic look and feel. With steve mcqueen, karl malden, brian keith, arthur kennedy. Not the typical bounty hunter, randall often donates his earnings to the needy, and helps his. Steve mcqueen s hat started the series with a 4 12 inch crown and the crown height was reduced to 4 14 inch or 4 inch later in the series. Jul 5, 2017 prop guns used in western movies and western tv shows. Steve mcqueen holster gun holsters, rifle slings and. A half american indian and half white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents murderers. When his father and mother are killed by three men over gold, nevada sets out to find them and kill them.
The blackandwhite program was a spinoff of a march 1958 episode of trackdown, a 195759 western series starring robert culp. It was the most popular genre of tv show in the 1950s and 1960s, when several hundred were aired. A shortened version of the winchester model 1892 saddle ring carbine known affectionately as the mares leg is the main firearm used by josh randall steve mcqueen throughout the duration of the show, chambered in. Dead or alive, rode across blackandwhite screens toting a sidearm like nothing any lawman or outlaw had carried before. He was a man of few words and seemed to lack emotion but he was adept at using his gun, not an ordinary gun but a. Dead of alive avoided the common late 50s tv template of surrounding a lead character with a family of sorts whether it be a sitcom, with its obvious family setting, or even a western, like gunsmoke, with matt dillons regular supporting players like miss kitty and doc to focus. Dead or alive, brought justice to tvs banditos with a looplevered model 92 that featured a dramatically shortened barrel and stock so it could be carried on the hip, like a pistol, in an opensided holster. Old tv series westerns steve mcqueen, old western movies.
Lever action pistol back in the heyday of the tv western, steve mcqueen, the star of wanted. According to the gene autry museum, mcqueen called the gun the mares leg because he said it was like a hogs leg, only it kicked harder at both ends via the mares leg from the show was a shortened winchester model 1892 rifle that was first introduced with mcqueens character on. Steve mcqueen stars as bounty hunter with a heart josh randall. Cowboy western leather firearms and a little dickel. Steve mcqueen internet movie firearms database guns in. Dead or alive 19581961, in which steve mcqueens bounty hunter used as a main weapon. Centered on the adventures of josh randall steve mcqueen, a tough, wily, but fair bounty hunter who roamed the old west, wanted.