The Outsider

The Outsider

Ended First aired 18/Sep/1968 United States English 1 season(s) 26 episode(s)
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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.
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Season 1 · Season 1
26 episode(s) · Air date: 18/Sep/1968
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S1E26
Through a Stained Glass Window
Air date: 16/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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.

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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.

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S1E25
Service for One
Air date: 09/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E24
Periwinkle Blue
Air date: 02/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E23
A Lot of Muscle
Air date: 26/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E22
All the Social Graces
Air date: 12/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E21
Handle with Care
Air date: 05/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E20
The Flip Side
Air date: 26/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E18
Behind God's Back
Air date: 05/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E16
The Old School Tie
Air date: 22/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E14
The Girl from Missouri
Air date: 08/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 60 min
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A naive midwestern gal hires Ross to locate her missing brother. He soon learns that the sibling is involved with some very unsavory types.

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A naive midwestern gal hires Ross to locate her missing brother. He soon learns that the sibling is involved with some very unsavory types.

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S1E13
There Was a Little Girl
Air date: 25/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E8
The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot
Air date: 13/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E5
Cold as Ashes
Air date: 16/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E3
Along Came a Spider
Air date: 02/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin
David Ross
Timothy Carey
Timothy Carey
Farley Granger
Farley Granger
Marsha Hunt
Marsha Hunt
Keye Luke
Keye Luke
Jack Hogan
Jack Hogan
Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland
Marie Windsor
Marie Windsor
Bobo Lewis
Bobo Lewis
Susan Oliver
Susan Oliver
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Mickey Manners
Pippa Scott
Pippa Scott
Aldo Ray
Aldo Ray
Ahna Capri
Ahna Capri
Bert Freed
Bert Freed
Carrie Snodgress
Carrie Snodgress
Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart
Greg Mullavey
Greg Mullavey

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Michael Ritchie
Michael Ritchie
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Richard Benedict
Richard Benedict
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Paul Freeman
Paul Freeman
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Roy Huggins
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