The Outsider

The Outsider

1968 1 Seasons ⭐ 6.0
Drama

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.

Seasons

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1. For Members Only

1968-09-18

Ross is hired to go undercover in an exclusive club to ferret out a cardsharp who has been fleecing some of its members.

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2. What Flowers Daisies Are

1968-09-25 • ⭐ 7.0

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.

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3. Along Came a Spider

1968-10-02 • ⭐ 7.0

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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4. A Wide Place in the Road

1968-10-09

Ross travels to a small town in search of a car thief and bail jumper who was once an athletic hero in the town.

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5. Cold as Ashes

1968-10-16 • ⭐ 6.0

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 the…

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6. A Time to Run

1968-10-30

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.

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7. Love Is Under "L"

1968-11-06 • ⭐ 7.0

A millionaire hires Ross to find his missing galpal. Ross finds her and soon discovers that she is in hiding for good reason.

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8. The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot

1968-11-13 • ⭐ 7.0

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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9. One Long Stemmed American Beauty

1968-11-20 • ⭐ 8.0

Ross begins to wonder if the suicide of a renowned stage and dancing legend was murder.

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10. I Can't Hear You Scream

1968-11-27 • ⭐ 8.0

Ross is running down leads to save a convict from the gas chamber but he doesn't have much time remaining.

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11. Tell It Like It Was--and You're Dead

1968-12-04

A former burlesque queen hires Ross to find out who's been making death threats against her personage.

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12. The Land of the Fox

1968-12-18

On a case, Ross falls for a woman involved in the case and with some rough characters.

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13. There Was a Little Girl

1968-12-25

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 …

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14. The Girl from Missouri

1969-01-08

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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15. The Secret of Mareno Bay

1969-01-15

Ross searches for a missing novelist in a town where most of the residents are glad that the man is gone.

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16. The Old School Tie

1969-01-22

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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17. A Bowl of Cherries

1969-01-29

When Ross offers to help out the son of an old friend he soon finds himself tangled up in a homicide.

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18. Behind God's Back

1969-02-05

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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19. Take the Key and Lock Him Up

1969-02-12

Investigating a shooting in a rural town, Ross is arrested on charges of selling marijuana.

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20. The Flip Side

1969-02-26

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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21. Handle with Care

1969-03-05

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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22. All the Social Graces

1969-03-12

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 c…

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23. A Lot of Muscle

1969-03-26

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 m…

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24. Periwinkle Blue

1969-04-02

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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25. Service for One

1969-04-09

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 expec…

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26. Through a Stained Glass Window

1969-04-16

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.

Top Cast

Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin

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