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The Great Adventure

★ 8.2 149 votes 1963–1964 1 seasons · 26 episodes Ended CBS
Starring
Eddie Little SkyKent SmithJacque SheltonSandy KenyonLeonard P. GeerNoel Drayton
Starring
Eddie Little SkyKent SmithJacque SheltonSandy KenyonLeonard P. GeerNoel Drayton
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
05101520
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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.

All Seasons

Season 11963
7.91342626h
EpTitleRatingVotesRuntime
1The Hunley8.81660 min
2The Death of Sitting Bull60 min
3The Massacre at Wounded Knee7.6760 min
4Six Wagons to the Sea7.5860 min
5The Story of Nathan Hale8.0960 min
6Go Down, Moses8.71460 min
7The Great Diamond Mountain60 min
8The Treasure Train of Jefferson Davis60 min
9The Outlaw and the Nun60 min
10The Man Who Stole New York City60 min
11A Boy at War7.8860 min
12Wild Bill Hickok - the Legend and the Man8.21160 min
13The Colonel from Connecticut60 min
14Teeth of the Lion60 min
15Rodger Young8.21460 min
16The Testing of Sam Houston7.61160 min
17The Special Courage of Captain Pratt60 min
18The Night Raiders7.2760 min
19Plague60 min
20The Pathfinder6.8760 min
21The President Vanishes60 min
22The Henry Bergh Story60 min
23Kentucky's Bloody Ground7.91060 min
24The Siege of Boonesborough7.21260 min
25Escape60 min
26The Pirate and the Patriot60 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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