| La Gran aventura | |
| Director: | Emilio Vieyra |
| Starring: | Víctor Bó, Graciela Alfano and Ricardo Bauleo. |
| Studio: | Aries Cinematográfica Argentina |
| Distributor: | Nort Film |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Spanish |
The Great Adventure (Spanish; Castilian: La Gran aventura) is a 1974 Argentine action film comedy directed by Emilio Vieyra. The film stars Víctor Bó, Graciela Alfano and Ricardo Bauleo.[1] [2] 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.[3] The film features a Dollars trilogy-type whistling and gun-firing score.
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".[4] 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.[5] The Great Adventure was also the first of several of Vieyra's films which featured fish and dolphins.[4] [6]