The Great Adventure
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Starring
Eddie Little SkyKent SmithJacque SheltonSandy KenyonLeonard P. GeerNoel Drayton
Starring
Eddie Little SkyKent SmithJacque SheltonSandy KenyonLeonard P. GeerNoel Drayton
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About
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.
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Season 11963
7.91342626h
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Hunley | 8.8 | 16 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Death of Sitting Bull | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | The Massacre at Wounded Knee | 7.6 | 7 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Six Wagons to the Sea | 7.5 | 8 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Story of Nathan Hale | 8.0 | 9 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Go Down, Moses | 8.7 | 14 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Great Diamond Mountain | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | The Treasure Train of Jefferson Davis | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | The Outlaw and the Nun | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | The Man Who Stole New York City | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | A Boy at War | 7.8 | 8 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Wild Bill Hickok - the Legend and the Man | 8.2 | 11 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | The Colonel from Connecticut | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Teeth of the Lion | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Rodger Young | 8.2 | 14 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | The Testing of Sam Houston | 7.6 | 11 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | The Special Courage of Captain Pratt | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | The Night Raiders | 7.2 | 7 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Plague | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | The Pathfinder | 6.8 | 7 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | The President Vanishes | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | The Henry Bergh Story | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Kentucky's Bloody Ground | 7.9 | 10 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | The Siege of Boonesborough | 7.2 | 12 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | Escape | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | The Pirate and the Patriot | — | — | 60 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Russell Johnson Self - Narrator, Narrator
Van Heflin Self - Narrator, Self - Announcer, Narrator
Eddie Little Sky Chief Blackfish, Left Hand, Lean Bear
Kent Smith Gen. Nelson Miles, General Nelson Miles, Grymes
Jacque Shelton Captain Gibson, Officer on the Bridge, Second Reporter
Sandy Kenyon Captain James, Fletcher, Lieutenant Gators
Leonard P. Geer Man, Second Voice, Wagon Driver
Noel Drayton Buchanan, Johnson, Officer
Richard Lupino Lt. Brown, Corporal
Ricardo Montalban Philip Crow, Jean Lafitte
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