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6.8/10 TV Theme music composer Richard Rodgers Original language(s) English Final episode date 1 May 1964 | 8.9/10 IMDb Genre Historical Anthology Country of origin United States First episode date 27 September 1963 Presented by Van Heflin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Buzz Kulik
Philip Leacock
Joseph M. Newman
Denis Sanders
Robert Stevens (director) Composer(s) Fred Steiner
Bernard Herrmann
Wilbur Hatch
Leon Klatzkin
Nathan Scott
David Buttolph
Robert Drasnin
Leigh Harline Directors Buzz Kulik, Philip Leacock, Joseph M. Newman, Denis Sanders, Robert Stevens Executive producers John Houseman, Bert Granet Similar Hollywood and the Stars, Mr Novak, Tennessee Tuxedo and His T, The Greatest Show on, The Dick Powell Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Synopsis
The series lasted for only 26 episodes, and showed, among others, stories on the Confederate submarine, the Hunley; the life of Harriet Tubman; the Battles of Lexington and Concord; the trial and hanging of Nathan Hale; the life of "Boss" Tweed; the death of Sitting Bull; the siege of Boonesborough; the capture of Jefferson Davis; the life and death of Wild Bill Hickok; and the Battle of New Orleans.
Notable guest stars
Among those who appeared in the series were: