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The Outsider

  • TV Series
  • 1968–1969
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
90
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Darren McGavin in The Outsider (1968)
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David Ross is a orphaned, ex-con, loner living in a world that loaths and makes a living as a private investgator in Los Angeles to tackle his financial problems and other people's problems ... Read allDavid Ross is a orphaned, ex-con, loner living in a world that loaths and makes a living as a private investgator in Los Angeles to tackle his financial problems and other people's problems as well.David Ross is a orphaned, ex-con, loner living in a world that loaths and makes a living as a private investgator in Los Angeles to tackle his financial problems and other people's problems as well.

  • Creator
    • Roy Huggins
  • Stars
    • Darren McGavin
    • James Edwards
    • Bill Quinn
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    90
    YOUR RATING
    • Creator
      • Roy Huggins
    • Stars
      • Darren McGavin
      • James Edwards
      • Bill Quinn
    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Darren McGavin
    Darren McGavin
    • David Ross
    James Edwards
    James Edwards
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    Bill Quinn
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    Will J. White
    Will J. White
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    Paul Hahn
    Paul Hahn
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    Robert Millar
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    Pat Harrington Jr.
    Pat Harrington Jr.
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    Kathie Browne
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    Noah Keen
    Noah Keen
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    Warren J. Kemmerling
    Warren J. Kemmerling
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    • Winnie Blake
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    • April Endby
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    • Matt Stark
    Arch Johnson
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    Julie Adams
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    • Laura Carlvic
    Whitney Blake
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    • Judy Elliott
    • Creator
      • Roy Huggins
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    • Trivia
      "The Outsider" follows the exploits of David Ross, an orphaned ex-con, framed for a murder he did not commit. Ross is a loner, living in a world that loathes him, as he plies his trade as a Los Angles private investigator, trying to ease his financial woes while solving other people's problems.

      This scenario is strikingly similar to both the 1970s drama-comedy series "The Rockford Files" and the 1957-1962 Western series "Maverick", and the protagonists of all three share the same basic heroic archetype - the misunderstood knight-errant who is wrongly perceived as dishonest. Across the trilogy, the Mavericks, Ross and Rockford all typically find themselves weighing a financial windfall against a moral dilemma, with their consciences (almost) always trumping their wallets.

      Not surprisingly, all three were created by producer-writer Roy Huggins.
    • Connections
      Followed by Anatomy of a Crime (1969)

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    Everyman's Justice
    Roy Huggins, Darren McGavin, and "The Summer of Love" combined to give us a classic, though short-lived, everyman hero of truth, justice, and the American way. David Ross didn't get the girl or the reward or fame or wealth. He got beat up regularly and his clunker Plymouth usually received another undeserved dent, but he had ethics and he knew sh** from shinola. When he was reincarnated a few years later as Jim Rockford, the endings got happier (and more contrived) but for David Ross the calvary didn't come over the rise in the nick of time and the villain didn't always get his just desserts. That's the way real life is. I'm only sorry that the world didn't have David Ross to kick around for a few more seasons.
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    • Release date
      • September 18, 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Außenseiter
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Television
      • Universal/Public Arts Production
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Sound mix
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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