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21 November 1967 (USA) morePlot:
Pilot for the detective drama series has Darren McGavin playing David Ross, a hard-nosed, private eye/ex-con... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Roy Huggins tried to reinvent the private eye show with this grittier first draft of "The Rockford Files" moreCast
(Credited cast)| Darren McGavin | ... | David Ross | |
| Sean Garrison | ... | Collin Kenniston III | |
| Shirley Knight | ... | Peggy Leydon | |
| Nancy Malone | ... | Honora Dundas | |
| Edmond O'Brien | ... | Marvin Bishop | |
| Ann Sothern | ... | Mrs. Kozzek | |
| Joseph Wiseman | ... | Ernest Grimes | |
| Ossie Davis | ... | Lt. Wagner | |
| Audrey Totter | ... | Mrs. Bishop | |
| Mario Alcalde | ... | Sgt. Delgado | |
| Anna Hagan | ... | Carol Dorfman | |
| Madame Spivy | ... | Della | |
| Kent McCord | ... | Officer Dutton |
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The legendary Roy Huggins created "Cheyenne", "Maverick", "Colt 45", "77 Sunset Strip", "The Fugitive", "Run For Your Life", and "The Rockford Files". This pilot movie was Roy Huggins' attempt to reinvent the private eye show (with a hint of "The Fugitive").
Los Angeles private detective David Ross was a man on the edge. He was an ex-con who had been unjustly convicted of a crime. Ross wasn't a high school graduate. He drove a beat up old car. He had no partners or secretary. His office was the opposite of plush. He handled divorce cases. He could barely make a living. His "friend on the force" treated him like scum. David Ross wasn't even his real name. At the end of this terrific pilot movie, the police solve the case rather than Ross.
This was a brilliant conception for a private eye show. Huggins might have tried reversing still more traditional attributes of the private eye. Maybe David Ross wasn't attractive to women and could never get a date. Maybe he didn't drink. And maybe he was unfailingly polite and somewhat timid-a soft-boiled detective.
But "The Outsider" had a real shot at greatness just the way it was. Roy Huggins offered the role of David Ross to Jack Lord, who would have been superb, but Lord chose "Hawaii 5-0" instead.
Other actors who might have been interesting as David Ross are Jack Palance, Charles Aidman, Hershel Bernardi, Herb Edelman, Bruce Dern, Clint Walker, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Peter Falk, Telly Savalas, Stuart Whitman, Roy Thinnes, George Maharis, Vince Edwards or Bradford Dillman.
Darren McGavin had already brilliantly played private eye Mike Hammer, so he wasn't the freshest casting. But McGavin was one of the great TV actors, and he made a good David Ross. Director Michael Ritchie ("The Candidate", "Downhill Racer") did a stylish job with the pilot. The supporting cast was also first rate and included Edmond O'Brien, Shirley Knight, Ann Southern, and Ossie Davis.
This fine pilot movie lead to a very good series, but "Hawaii 5-0" killed "The Outsider" in the ratings.