The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure is a 1974 Argentine action film comedy directed by Emilio Vieyra. The film stars Víctor Bó, Graciela Alfano and Ricardo Bauleo. 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 Dollars trilogy-type whistling and gun-firing score. Cast Graciela Alfano as Afrodita Ricardo Bauleo as Apolo Víctor Bó as Hércules Leonardo Bonzi Juan José Camero Florencio Alegre María Fernanda Cartier Rey Charol 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 James Bond and the Three Stooges. The Great Adventure was also the first of several of Vieyra's films which featured fish and dolphins.