Wanted: Dead or Alive: The Matchmaker (1959)
Season 2, Episode 3
10/10
Another missed opportunity for Josh Randall
21 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I enjoyed this story where Josh reluctantly agrees to help find a beautiful wife for his friend Charlie. This episode without a doubt had the biggest line up of great looking ladies of any episode in the series.

First, Kasey Rogers who later played Larry Tate's wife on Bewitched. It wasn't until I saw her on this show as Rudy Todd that I realized what a beauty she was.

Next, we have our literal gold digger Amy Williams played perfectly by knockout Fay Spain. There were two other lovely ladies shown, but they were given no lines and are not listed in the credits.

The lady that I really want to focus on is Virginia Christine who played the widowed mother Harriet Meecham. She is unfairly presented here as an old undesirable woman. Virginia was really not that much older than the other two actresses named. When Josh was talking to her about Charlie he mentions her delicious pies. Her face beams with the prettiest smile! The truth is that Virginia Christine was as beautiful an actress as these others, and her character Harriet Meecham was a fine looking widow woman.

In my opinion Josh Randall makes a habit of walking (or running) away from some great opportunities. Here he has a ready made family available , but he heads for the hills.
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