"The Great Adventure" (1963)TV series 1963-1964

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

27 September 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A filmed series of one-hour dramatizations of the lives of famous historical persons, as well as important historical events.

Plot Keywords:

Anthology

Cast

Eddie Little Sky	...	Chief Blackfish / ... (4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Kent Smith	...	General Nelson Miles / ... (4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ricardo Montalban	...	Philip Crow / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
John Anderson	...	Andrew Jackson / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Arthur Batanides	...	Gomez / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Walter Brooke	...	James Townsend / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Russell Collins	...	Tobacconist / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Leif Erickson	...	Abel Parrish / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ken Lynch	...	Brown / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Gene Lyons	...	Dr. Aspenwall / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
James MacArthur	...	Lieutenant Alexander / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
John McGiver	...	General Claiborne / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Carroll O'Connor	...	Johann Sutter / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Maxwell Reed	...	Captain Lockyer / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Marion Ross	...	Etta Wheeler / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Barry Sullivan	...	E.J. Edwards / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Torin Thatcher	...	Colonel Lewis Washington / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Harry Townes	...	Dr. O'Reilly / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bill Walker	...	Charlie (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ian Wolfe	...	Brewer / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Rodolfo Acosta	...	Lieutenant Bullhead (2 episodes, 1963)
Claude Akins	...	Father Kranz (2 episodes, 1963)
Noah Beery Jr.	...	Jervis (2 episodes, 1963)
Anthony Caruso	...	Sitting Bull (2 episodes, 1963)
Miriam Colon	...	Sarah Crow (2 episodes, 1963)
Joseph Cotten	...	Captain Meehan (2 episodes, 1963)
James Dunn	...	Indian Agent McLean (2 episodes, 1963)
Byron Morrow	...	General Beauregard / ... (2 episodes, 1963)
Lloyd Nolan	...	Colonel Fraser (2 episodes, 1963)
Stuart Cooper	...	Flanders Callaway (2 episodes, 1964)
Ken Drake	...	Boatman (2 episodes, 1964)
Andrew Duggan	...	Colonel Callaway (2 episodes, 1964)
Ted Eccles	...	James Boone (2 episodes, 1964)
Peter Graves	...	Daniel Boone (2 episodes, 1964)
Arthur Hunnicutt	...	Simon Kenton (2 episodes, 1964)
Frances Karath	...	Elizabeth Callaway (2 episodes, 1964)
Richard Lupino	...	Lieutenant Brown (2 episodes, 1964)
John Marley	...	Callum / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
David McCallum	...	Captain Hanning (2 episodes, 1964)
Peggy McCay	...	Mrs. Callaway (2 episodes, 1964)
Laurie Mock	...	Frances Callaway (2 episodes, 1964)
Judee Morton	...	Jemina Boone (2 episodes, 1964)
James Westerfield	...	Fletcher / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
David White	...	John C. Calhoun (2 episodes, 1964)
H.M. Wynant	...	District Attorney / ... (2 episodes, 1964)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

CBS Television

Learning is The Great Adventure

Like "The Americans" which concentrated on the American Civil War, "The Great Adventure" was a quality show which each week presented a dramatization of a person or event in American history. Like "The Americans," "The Great Adventure" was ignored by the American public which, according to the ratings, was far and away more attracted to "Peyton Place," "My Mother the Car," "Car 54 Where Are You?" and other broadcasts which earned television the epithet of "The Vast Wasteland." Van Heflin concluded each episode of "The Great Adventure" by encouraging the American public to read history since, "Learning is the Great Adventure." Not enough of the American public heeded Mr. Heflin's advice.