The Great Adventure (1963)

Directed by

Buzz Kulik

Genre

anthology series

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 26 episodes

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This anthology series dramatizes the lives of famous Americans and key events in U.S. history. Each week, an hour-long episode tells a different true story narrated by Van Heflin or Russell Johnson.

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What happens

The Great Adventure is an American historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963–64 television season. The initial 13 episodes were narrated by Van Heflin, with the second grouping of 13 episodes narrated by Russell Johnson. The series, which featured theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important events in American history. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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