The Outsider

1968 – 1969
Ended
Drama
~1h / ep
1 season
6.0/10

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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E1. For Members Only
Sep 18, 1968 · 60m
Ross is hired to go undercover in an exclusive club to ferret out a cardsharp who has been fleecing some of its members.
E2. What Flowers Daisies Are
Sep 25, 1968 · 60m
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.
E3. Along Came a Spider
Oct 2, 1968 · 60m
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.
E4. A Wide Place in the Road
Oct 9, 1968 · 60m
Ross travels to a small town in search of a car thief and bail jumper who was once an athletic hero in the town.
E5. Cold as Ashes
Oct 16, 1968 · 60m
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.
E6. A Time to Run
Oct 30, 1968 · 60m
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.