''The Great Adventure'' ( es, La Gran aventura) is a 1974

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comedy directed by

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. The film stars

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and

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. The film marked the end of Vieyra's contract with Pel-Mex, and start of collaboration with producers Aries Cinematográfica Argentina and other small producers. The film features a

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-type whistling and gun-firing score.

Cast

as Afrodita *

as Apolo *

as Hércules *Leonardo Bonzi *

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*Florencio Alegre *María Fernanda Cartier *

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*Julio De Grazia *Noemí del Castillo *Beto Gianola *Alberto Golán *Liliana Lagos *Juan Carlos Landers *Roberto Landers *Stella Maris Lanzani *Ricardo Lavié *Maria Estela Lorca *Gilda Lousek *Oscar Maril *Jorge Martínez *Enrique Milio *Guillermo Murray *Arturo Noal *Enrique Nóbili *Ignacio Quirós *Gigi Rua *Dudy Sicorski *Julieta Vertier *Emilio Vieyra as Cameo *Norberto Vieyra

Reception

Although the director Emilio Vieyra was often criticized and his films dismissed by critics, ''The Great Adventure'' was a commercial success and considered a "blockbuster". Fernando Gabriel Varea in his 2006 book ''El cine argentino durante la dictadura militar, 1976/1983'' described the film as a "super super adventure", "sort of cross between

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''. ''The Great Adventure'' was also the first of several of Vieyra's films which featured fish and dolphins.

References

External links

* * 1974 films 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s action films Argentine action films 1970s Argentine films Films directed by Emilio Vieyra Spanish-language action films {{1970s-action-film-stub