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The Great Adventure

★ 8.2 150 votes 1963–1964 1 season · 26 episodes Ended CBS
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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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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.

All Seasons

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Season 11963
7.91352626h
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Hunley8.8
1660 min
▶2The Death of Sitting Bull—
—60 min
▶3The Massacre at Wounded Knee7.6
760 min
▶4Six Wagons to the Sea7.5
860 min
▶5The Story of Nathan Hale8.0
960 min
▶6Go Down, Moses8.7
1460 min
▶7The Great Diamond Mountain—
—60 min
▶8The Treasure Train of Jefferson Davis—
—60 min
▶9The Outlaw and the Nun—
—60 min
▶10The Man Who Stole New York City—
—60 min
▶11A Boy at War7.8
860 min
▶12Wild Bill Hickok - the Legend and the Man8.2
1160 min
▶13The Colonel from Connecticut—
—60 min
▶14Teeth of the Lion—
—60 min
▶15Rodger Young8.2
1460 min
▶16The Testing of Sam Houston7.6
1160 min
▶17The Special Courage of Captain Pratt—
—60 min
▶18The Night Raiders7.2
760 min
▶19Plague—
—60 min
▶20The Pathfinder6.8
760 min
▶21The President Vanishes—
—60 min
▶22The Henry Bergh Story—
—60 min
▶23Kentucky's Bloody Ground7.9
1060 min
▶24The Siege of Boonesborough7.4
1360 min
▶25Escape—
—60 min
▶26The 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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