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The Great Adventure
TV series / 1963

The Great Adventure

Drama

★ 10.0/10Audience rating

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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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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Carroll O'ConnorJohann Sutter · O'Rourke Leif EricksonAbel Parrish · President Grover Cleveland Barry SullivanE.J. Edwards · William Ralston Lloyd NolanCol. Fraser Peter GravesDaniel Boone Byron MorrowMayor Hall · Gen. Beauregard David WhiteBenton · John C. Calhoun John MarleyGrey Beard · Callum Joseph CottenCaptain Meehan Arthur BatanidesPouliades · Lieutenant Gomez Arthur HunnicuttSimon Kenton Marion RossEtta Wheeler · Sister Marcella Harry TownesJudah P. Benjamin · Dr. O'Reilly Ted EcclesJames Boone Miriam ColonSarah Crow Richard LupinoLt. Brown Stuart CooperFlanders Callaway Eddie Little SkyLeft Hand Claude AkinsFather Kranz Laurie MockFrances Callaway Richard X. SlatteryTucker Ruby DeeHarriet Tubman Carl Benton ReidTrenholm Flip MarkAndrew Jackson Sheree NorthAgnes Lake Wallace FordUncle Billy Smith Earl HollimanWill Cross Hampton FancherFleming Ivan DixonSgt. Willis George MitchellDr. Drury Frank AletterJames Welton Jack WardenLatham Wayne RogersTombs Lee MarvinMisok Bedrozian Maxwell ReedMajor Hardwick Rupert CrosseWilliam Still Philip AbbottJanin Joan HackettSister Blandina Richard EyerRobert Jackson William FawcettBrink Julie SommarsMeg Jethro Geoffrey HorneWales James WesterfieldAttorney Thomas Green Gina GillespieEllen Howard Don DubbinsJason Chiles George MacreadyDr. Keen Fritz WeaverColonel Thomas Rose Frank SilveraGambi Walter BrookeTaylor Gene EvansSgt. Winn Nancy MaloneJenny Ossie DavisJohn Ross J.D. CannonClarence King Michael RenniePresident Jefferson Davis Bernard FoxRedcoat Lieutenant Lloyd BridgesWild Bill Hickok Collin Wilcox PaxtonElizabeth Cross Ted BessellDavies Robert CulpSam Houston Denver PyleGen. Mills Alan BaxterJudge Robert CummingsDr. Benjamin Waterhouse Frank CadyDrover Sorrell BookeE.W. Ross Jackie CooperLt. Dickson Sean McCloryMajor Carlton Ethel WatersRit John FiedlerPhilip Arnold

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