Synopsis & Context
The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. 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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- The Great Adventure
- Release
- September 27, 1963
- Screen Time
- 1 season · 1h 00min/ep
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- N/A
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Kent Smith
Grymes / William Carroll / Gen. Nelson Miles
4 eps.
Russell Johnson
Narrator (voice) / Self - Narrator
4 eps.
Ian Wolfe
Brewer / Townsend
3 eps.
Ricardo Montalban
Jean Lafitte / Philip Crow
3 eps.
James Dunn
Indian Agent McLean
2 eps.
Noah Beery Jr.
Jervis
2 eps.
Andrew Duggan
Col. Callaway
2 eps.
David McCallum
Capt. Hanning
2 eps.
Rodolfo Acosta
Lt. Bullhead
2 eps.
Peggy McCay
Mrs. Callaway
2 eps.
James MacArthur
Rodger Young / Lt. Alexander
2 eps.
Torin Thatcher
Colonel Lewis Washington / General Howe
2 eps.
