The Outsider is an American detective drama that aired on

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for one season from September 18, 1968, until April 16, 1969.

Premise

David Ross was an ex-convict, who spent six years in prison for a murder he did not commit, then became a private investigator in

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. 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

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Outsider (1968 TV series), The 1960s American crime television series NBC original programming Television shows set in Los Angeles 1968 American television series debuts 1969 American television series endings American detective television series English-language television shows Television series by Universal Television