TV series

The Great Adventure
1963–1964 · 1 season
A stately, old-fashioned history lesson, dramatized with earnest gravity and a narrator's reassuring voice guiding you through each famous life and battle.
- Created by
- Buzz Kulik, Joseph M. Newman
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- James Dunn, Richard X. Slattery, Ruby Dee
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- War, power, justice, freedom
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Buzz Kulik, Joseph M. Newman
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- James Dunn, Richard X. Slattery, Ruby Dee















