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The Outsider(TV show/series, 1968-1969)

1h per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 26 episodes

The OutsiderRating: 2.6/5 (with 2 votes) 356
The Outsider is an American detective drama created by Roy Huggins and starring Darren McGavin. A two hour pilot movie aired on November 21, 1967; about a year later, a regular series of 26 episodes aired on NBC for one season from September 18, 1968, until April 16, 1969. ()
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About The Outsider

The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where the action is. Darren McGavin played Ross, a man living in an off-beat, always-dangerous world. The series aired for one season on NBC and was a precursor of sorts to The Rockford Files in that it featured a loner private detective who had previously done time in prison for a crime he didn't commit and who never quite fit into a rapidly changing environment.

The Outsider Seasons and Episodes

09/18/1968Season 1 - 26 episodes
#1 | 09/18/1968For Members Only
Ross is hired to go undercover in an exclusive club to ferret out a cardsharp who has been fleecing some of its members.
#2 | 09/25/1968What Flowers Daisies Are
Ross is hired to find a missing model. At first the case seems routine but then he stumbles into a million dollar con game and murder.
#3 | 10/02/1968Along Came a Spider
Ross is hired by a woman who lent her fiancee $6,000. Then the poor fellow got himself killed and now his erstwhile intended wants her money back.
#4 | 10/09/1968A Wide Place in the Road
Ross travels to a small town in search of a car thief and bail jumper who was once an athletic hero in the town.
#5 | 10/16/1968Cold as Ashes
Ross is hired to carry the ashes of a recently deceased man from Los Angeles to San Francisco but soon discovers that others are following him with mayhem in their hearts. He then tries to figure out why.
#6 | 10/30/1968A Time to Run
A defense attorney hires Ross to find a missing witness in a murder case. Ross finds him but then things go from bad to worse.
#7 | 11/06/1968Love Is Under "L"
A millionaire hires Ross to find his missing galpal. Ross finds her and soon discovers that she is in hiding for good reason.
#8 | 11/13/1968The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot
Ross must try to return a man who supposedly died from his hiding place in Mexico back to the United States along with the insurance money he got after faking his death.
#9 | 11/20/1968One Long Stemmed American Beauty
Ross begins to wonder if the suicide of a renowned stage and dancing legend was murder.
#10 | 11/27/1968I Can't Hear You Scream
Ross is running down leads to save a convict from the gas chamber but he doesn't have much time remaining.
#11 | 12/04/1968Tell It Like It Was--and You're Dead
A former burlesque queen hires Ross to find out who's been making death threats against her personage.
#12 | 12/18/1968The Land of the Fox
On a case, Ross falls for a woman involved in the case and with some rough characters.
#13 | 12/25/1968There Was a Little Girl
Ross is hired when a woman shows up on a millionaire's doorstep claiming that the girl she has raised is his. It all has to do with a twelve year old kidnapping case for which a ransom was paid yet the victim never seen again.
#14 | 01/08/1969The Girl from Missouri
A naive midwestern gal hires Ross to locate her missing brother. He soon learns that the sibling is involved with some very unsavory types.
#15 | 01/15/1969The Secret of Mareno Bay
Ross searches for a missing novelist in a town where most of the residents are glad that the man is gone.
#16 | 01/22/1969The Old School Tie
Ross's old prison buddy, who once saved his life, insists that the gumshoe join him in an extortion plot and he won't take no for an answer.
#17 | 01/29/1969A Bowl of Cherries
When Ross offers to help out the son of an old friend he soon finds himself tangled up in a homicide.
#18 | 02/05/1969Behind God's Back
Ross goes to Acapulco to find a millionaire's runaway daughter. He locates her among the jet set there then tries to convince her that some of her playmates are up to no good.
#19 | 02/12/1969Take the Key and Lock Him Up
Investigating a shooting in a rural town, Ross is arrested on charges of selling marijuana.
#20 | 02/26/1969The Flip Side
A homely looking woman hires Ross to find her missing glamorous model twin sister. He finds her and discovers that she's mixed up in extortion and a narcotics trafficking ring.
#21 | 03/05/1969Handle with Care
Hired by an insurance company to investigate a series of truck hijackings, Ross poses as a drifter named Leo Martin and joins the hijacking ring.
#22 | 03/12/1969All the Social Graces
A crude and rough hewn millionaire hires Ross but he's killed before our protagonist can discover why he's been hired. Ross's investigation leads to an elegant tennis club which considered the deceased too uncouth for membership.
#23 | 03/26/1969A Lot of Muscle
Ross is hired by a hard as nails, unbending cop who's facing an indictment on a bribery charge. Suspecting a possible frame-up, he begins checking out the cop's enemies and the man has a whole bunch.
#24 | 04/02/1969Periwinkle Blue
A woman has already buried two previous husbands and her third hires Ross to make sure she's not planning on being a widow for the third time.
#25 | 04/09/1969Service for One
Ross is hired to tail a recently paroled convict who is supposedly the only person who knows the exact location of missing money in the amount of $250,000. But, as could be expected, he's not the only one searching for the missing loot.
#26 | 04/16/1969Through a Stained Glass Window
Ross is hired to serve a subpoena on a Howard Hughes like millionaire who has never been photographed and uncovers a curious love affair along with a murder plot.

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/18/1968
Last episode released on: 04/16/1969
Composer: Pete Rugolo

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