The Adventurer (TV series)

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The Adventurer
Format Action Adventure
Running time 30 minutes
Created by Monty Berman
Dennis Spooner
Starring Gene Barry
Barry Morse
Catherine Schell
Garrick Hagon
Country of origin UK
Network ATV
Original run 1972 – 1973
No. of episodes 26

The Adventurer was an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972.

The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamourous American movie star. A Region 2 DVD release of the show is available from Network DVD, which features interviews with Morse, Damon and Schell.

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[edit] Main cast

  • Gene Barry as Gene Bradley
  • Barry Morse as Mr. Parminter (25 episodes). Morse nicely sums up the series in the extras on the Network DVD release of the show: "It wasn't the worst show ever made, but it certainly wasn't the best!"
  • Catherine Schell as Diane Marsh (11 episodes)
  • Garrick Hagon as Gavin Taylor (10 episodes)

[edit] Supporting cast

  • Dennis Price as Brandon (3 episodes)
  • Stuart Damon as Vince Elliot (2 episodes)
  • Sue Gerrard as Jane (2 episodes, plus opening titles)

[edit] Episode list

  1. Miss Me Once, Miss Me Twice and Miss Me Once Again
  2. Poor Little Rich Girl
  3. Thrust and Counter Thrust
  4. The Bradley Way
  5. Return to Sender
  6. Counterstrike
  7. Love Always, Magda
  8. Nearly the End of the Picture
  9. Deadlock
  10. Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?
  11. Skeleton in the Cupboard
  12. Target!
  13. Action!
  14. Full Fathom Five
  15. I'll Get There Sometime
  16. To the Lowest Bidder
  17. Going, Going...
  18. The Not-So Merry Widow
  19. Mr. Calloway Is a Very Cautious Man
  20. Double Exposure
  21. The Case of the Poisoned Pawn
  22. The Solid Gold Hearse
  23. Make It a Million
  24. Icons Are Forever
  25. Somebody Doesn't Like Me
  26. The Good Book

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