Tag: Adventure
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 adventure film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. The film is based on Alfred Tennyson’s 1854 poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” which was about the real life Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War (1853-1856). Director:…
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The Far Horizons (1955)
The Far Horizons is a 1955 adventure film directed by Rudolph Mate, and it stars Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, and Donna Reed. The film is based on the 1803-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition of the Louisiana Purchase, specifically adapted from the novel Sacajawea of the Shoshones by Della Gould Emmons. Director: Rudolph Mate Production Company:…
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Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier is a 1955 historical adventure film based on the life of legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett. The film stars Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen, was directed by Norman Foster, and was produced by Walt Disney. Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier is recut, theatrically-released compilation of the first…
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King Solomon’s Mines (1950)
King Solomon’s Mines is a 1950 adventure film directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton. The film stars Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, and Richard Carlson. King Solomon’s Mines is based on the 1885 novel of the same name by Henry Rider Haggard. Director: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cast: Deborah Kerr,…
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Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Captain Horatio Hornblower is a 1951 British-American adventure film directed by Raoul Walsh. The film stars Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, and James Robertson Justice. Captain Horatio Hornblower is based on the first three novels in C. S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower series: The Happy Return (1937), A Ship of the Line (1938), and Flying…
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The African Queen (1951)
The African Queen is a 1951 romantic adventure film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. The film was based on 1935 novel of the same name by C.S. Forester and it was produced by Sam Spiegel. Director: John Huston Production Company: Horizon Pictures, Romulus Films Distributor: United Artists Cast: Humphrey…