The Outsider (1967 TV Movie)

Darren McGavin: David Ross

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• David Ross : At times like this I wish I had a secretary.

  Marvin Bishop : You always sleep in the daytime?

  David Ross : [still laying on couch]  No sometimes I stay awake all day.

  [he sits up, grabs the seat cushion that his legs have been propped on and throws it over to an easy chair, it misses] 

  David Ross : Have a seat.

  Marvin Bishop : [walks to the chair picks up the cushion off the floor places it on the seat he grabs his handkerchief and brushes to dust off the chair]  There can't be much money in your line of work.

  David Ross : Well money isn't everything Mr. Bishop.

  David Ross : Colin Kenniston. Name mean anything to you?

  Marvin Bishop : Colin Kenniston, ya I think I've heard it.

  David Ross : Ya. You've read it, in the idiot column,

  [reaches for a file] 

  David Ross : They always refer to him as Colin Kenniston the third.

  Marvin Bishop : Yea yea, sure.

  David Ross : Anyway they get into his car and go out and have dinner, never anyplace close by, and she always drives back to her place alone.

  Marvin Bishop : Is that all?

  David Ross : No today I spent checking up on Kenniston, He has no known means of support.

  Marvin Bishop : Yes but with a name like that...

  David Ross : No one's ever heard of Colin Kenniston the first or second.

  [handing a photo to Marvin] 

  David Ross : He's very pretty, lots of capped teeth, and big blond hair.

  Marvin Bishop : Couldn't he have some money of his own?

  David Ross : The police don't think so. They suspected him of being involved once with one of the nastiest rackets there is shaking down homosexuals. The Vice Squad put a scare into him and he quit. They think.

  Marvin Bishop : You had something to report all right.

  David Ross : Any comment on the odd part?

  Marvin Bishop : What odd part?

  David Ross : They don't want to be seen together Mr. Bishop

  Marvin Bishop : You think she's paying his bills?

  David Ross : Well That's one possibility. Isn't it?

  Marvin Bishop : You don't really know anything do ya?

  David Ross : Do you want me to stay on the case?

  Marvin Bishop : Ya finish the week you really do need the money.

  David Ross : Ya.

• David Ross : [Voice Over narration]  This is the largest city in area in the United States, unless you happen to live in Oklahoma, the North half is called The Valley, it's the sixth largest city in area in the United States, unless you happen to live in Oklahoma. The city is Los Angeles, split in half by this mountain range those cars are on Mulholland Drive, I'm in the one flashing its headlights. I'm the man you're seeing now... but not this man, this one.