The Great Adventure (American TV series)
The Great Adventure | |
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Genre | Historical Anthology |
Directed by | Buzz Kulik Philip Leacock Joseph M. Newman Denis Sanders Robert Stevens |
Narrated by | Van Heflin Russell Johnson |
Theme music composer | Richard Rodgers |
Composers | Fred Steiner Bernard Herrmann Wilbur Hatch Leon Klatzkin Nathan Scott David Buttolph Robert Drasnin Leigh Harline |
Country of origin | Vereinigte Staaten |
Original language | Englisch |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Bert Granet |
Producers | John Houseman Ethel Winant |
Running time | 44 mins. |
Production company | CBS |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | September 27, 1963 May 1, 1964 | –
The Great Adventure is an American historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963–1964 television season.[1] The series, narrated each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important historical events in American history.
Synopsis
The series lasted for only 26 episodes, and showed, among others, stories on the Confederate submarine, the Hunley; the life of Harriet Tubman; the Battles of Lexington and Concord; the trial and hanging of Nathan Hale; the life of "Boss" Tweed; the death of Sitting Bull; the siege of Boonesborough; the capture of Jefferson Davis; the life and death of Wild Bill Hickok; and the Battle of New Orleans.
Notable guest stars
Among those who appeared in the series were:
- Claude Akins
- Whit Bissell
- Lloyd Bridges
- Howard Caine
- Carroll O'Connor
- Michael Constantine
- Jackie Cooper
- Joseph Cotten
- Robert Culp
- Bob Cummings
- Ossie Davis
- Ruby Dee
- John Dehner
- Ivan Dixon
- Andrew Duggan
- Bernard Fox
- Peter Graves
- Ron Howard
- Russell Johnson
- Victor Jory
- Jack Klugman
- James MacArthur
- Lee Marvin
- David McCallum
- Peggy McCay
- Ricardo Montalban
- Denver Pyle
- Wayne Rogers
- Marion Ross
- Rip Torn
- Jack Warden
- H. M. Wynant
- Channing Pollock
Episode list
References
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 202–203. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
External links
- 1963 American television series debuts
- 1964 American television series endings
- 1960s American anthology television series
- CBS original programming
- Black-and-white American television shows
- Historical television series
- Television series by CBS Studios
- English-language television shows
- United States television show stubs