The Outsider (1968 TV series)
The Outsider is an American detective drama that aired on NBC for one season from September 18, 1968 until April 16, 1969.[1]
| 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 |
| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 18, 1968 – April 16, 1969 |
Premise
David Ross was an ex-con 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 automatic. Many of his cases involve eccentric Hollywood or Southern-California types, with whom he copes in a bemused fashion.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "For Members Only" | TBA | TBA | September 18, 1968 |
| 2 | "What Flowers Daisies Are" | TBA | TBA | September 25, 1968 |
| 3 | "Along Came a Spider" | TBA | TBA | October 2, 1968 |
| 4 | "A Wide Place in the Road" | TBA | TBA | October 9, 1968 |
| 5 | "As Cold as Ashes" | TBA | TBA | October 16, 1968 |
| 6 | "A Time to Run" | TBA | TBA | October 30, 1968 |
| 7 | "Love Is Under 'L'" | TBA | TBA | November 6, 1968 |
| 8 | "The Twenty-Thousand Dollar Carrot" | TBA | TBA | November 13, 1968 |
| 9 | "One Long Stemmed American Beauty" | Alexander Singer | Shirl Hendryx | November 20, 1968 |
| 10 | "I Can't Hear You Scream" | Alexander Singer | Edward J. Lasko | November 27, 1968 |
| 11 | "Tell It Like It Was...and You're Dead" | Alexander Singer | Bernard C. Schoenfeld | December 4, 1968 |
| 12 | "The Land of the Fox" | TBA | TBA | December 18, 1968 |
| 13 | "There Was a Little Girl" | TBA | TBA | December 25, 1968 |
| 14 | "The Girl from Missouri" | TBA | TBA | January 8, 1969 |
| 15 | "The Secret of Mareno Bay" | TBA | TBA | January 15, 1969 |
| 16 | "The Old School Tie" | TBA | TBA | January 22, 1969 |
| 17 | "A Bowl of Cherrie" | TBA | TBA | January 29, 1969 |
| 18 | "Behind God's Back" | TBA | TBA | February 5, 1969 |
| 19 | "Take the Key and Lock Him Up" | TBA | TBA | February 12, 1969 |
| 20 | "The Flip Side" | TBA | TBA | February 26, 1969 |
| 21 | "Handle with Care" | TBA | TBA | March 5, 1969 |
| 22 | "All the Social Graces" | TBA | TBA | March 12, 1969 |
| 23 | "A Lot of Muscle" | TBA | TBA | March 26, 1969 |
| 24 | "Periwinkle Blue" | Richard Benedict | S : Gene Levitt; T : Edward J. Lasko | April 2, 1969 |
| 25 | "Service for One" | TBA | TBA | April 9, 1969 |
| 26 | "Through a Stained Glass Window" | Charles S. Dubin | Ben Masselink | April 16, 1969 |
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.
References
- The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. p. 898. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
External links
- The Outsider at IMDb