The Outsider (1968 TV series)

The Outsider
Genre	Detective drama
Created by	Roy Huggins
Starring	Darren McGavin
Composer	Pete Rugolo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Public Arts Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 18, 1968 (1968-09-18) – April 16, 1969 (1969-04-16)

The Outsider is an American detective drama that aired on NBC for one season from September 18, 1968, until April 16, 1969.

Premise

David Ross is an ex-convict, who spent six years in prison for a murder he did not commit, then became a private investigator in Los Angeles. Though he received a governor's pardon, he is constantly harassed by police partly for his alleged past crime and partly because he is a private eye. He only resorts to violence when forced to, and his carry pistol is a tiny .25-caliber semi-automatic. An outwardly cynical high school dropout who is not trendy and is an 'outsider' in society, many of Ross' cases involve eccentric Hollywood or Southern California types, with whom he copes in a bemused fashion. Ross himself has some peculiarities and eccentricities; for instance, he routinely keeps his phone in his fridge.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"For Members Only"	Unknown	Unknown	September 18, 1968 (1968-09-18)
2	"What Flowers Daisies Are"	Unknown	Unknown	September 25, 1968 (1968-09-25)
3	"Along Came a Spider"	Unknown	Unknown	October 2, 1968 (1968-10-02)
4	"A Wide Place in the Road"	Unknown	Unknown	October 9, 1968 (1968-10-09)
5	"As Cold as Ashes"	Unknown	Unknown	October 16, 1968 (1968-10-16)
6	"A Time to Run"	Unknown	Unknown	October 30, 1968 (1968-10-30)
7	"Love Is Under 'L'"	Unknown	Unknown	November 6, 1968 (1968-11-06)
8	"The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot"	Unknown	Unknown	November 13, 1968 (1968-11-13)
9	"One Long Stemmed American Beauty"	Alexander Singer	Shirl Hendryx	November 20, 1968 (1968-11-20)
10	"I Can't Hear You Scream"	Alexander Singer	Edward J. Lakso	November 27, 1968 (1968-11-27)
11	"Tell It Like It Was...and You're Dead"	Alexander Singer	Bernard C. Schoenfeld	December 4, 1968 (1968-12-04)
12	"The Land of the Fox"	Unknown	Unknown	December 18, 1968 (1968-12-18)
13	"There Was a Little Girl"	Unknown	Unknown	December 25, 1968 (1968-12-25)
14	"The Girl from Missouri"	Richard Benedict	Edward J. Lakso	January 8, 1969 (1969-01-08)
15	"The Secret of Mareno Bay"	Unknown	Unknown	January 15, 1969 (1969-01-15)
16	"The Old School Tie"	Unknown	Unknown	January 22, 1969 (1969-01-22)
17	"A Bowl of Cherrie"	Unknown	Unknown	January 29, 1969 (1969-01-29)
18	"Behind God's Back"	Unknown	Unknown	February 5, 1969 (1969-02-05)
19	"Take the Key and Lock Him Up"	Unknown	Unknown	February 12, 1969 (1969-02-12)
20	"The Flip Side"	Unknown	Unknown	February 26, 1969 (1969-02-26)
21	"Handle with Care"	Unknown	Unknown	March 5, 1969 (1969-03-05)
22	"All the Social Graces"	Unknown	Unknown	March 12, 1969 (1969-03-12)
23	"A Lot of Muscle"	Unknown	Unknown	March 26, 1969 (1969-03-26)
24	"Periwinkle Blue"	Richard Benedict	S : Gene Levitt; T : Edward J. Lakso	April 2, 1969 (1969-04-02)
25	"Service for One"	Unknown	Unknown	April 9, 1969 (1969-04-09)
26	"Through a Stained Glass Window"	Charles S. Dubin	Ben Masselink	April 16, 1969 (1969-04-16)

One two-part program was edited together into a feature-length film and shown on U.S. television under the title The 24-hour Mile. A paperback spinoff novel, The Outsider, was written by American thriller writer Jim Thompson.

External links

• The Outsider at IMDb