The Great Adventure (TV series)
- The Great Adventure (TV series)
Infobox Television
show_name = The Great Adventure
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genre = Historical Anthology
runtime = 60 min (timeslot)
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starring = Van Heflin (Host)
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theme_music_composer = Richard Rodgers
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country = USA
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language = English
network = CBS
first_aired = September 23, 1963
last_aired = May 8, 1964
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num_episodes = 26
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imdb_id = 0056761
tv_com_id = 233
"The Great Adventure" is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, hosted each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented each week a one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important historical events in American History.
ynopsis
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
*Robert Culp
*Ossie Davis
*Ruby Dee
*John Dehner
*Ivan Dixon
*Andrew Duggan
*Bernard Fox
*Peter Graves
*Ron Howard
*Russell Johnson
*Jack Klugman
*James MacArthur
*Lee Marvin
*Peggy McCay
*Ricardo Montalbán
*Denver Pyle
*Wayne Rogers
*Marion Ross
*Rip Torn
*Jack Warden
*H.M. Wynant
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056761/ The Great Adventure] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.tv.com/the-great-adventure/show/233/summary.html "The Great Adventure" at TV.com]
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