The Adventurer
Genre	Crime thriller Adventure Spy drama
Created by	Monty Berman Dennis Spooner
Starring	Gene Barry Barry Morse Catherine Schell Garrick Hagon
Theme music composer	John Barry
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	ITC Entertainment
Original release
Network	ATV
Release	29 September 1972 (1972-09-29) – 30 March 1973 (1973-03-30)

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment British TV crime thriller/adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one series 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 glamorous American movie star.

The series contain plots and scenes that combine elements of the crime thriller, adventure, and secret agent drama genres.

Main cast

• Gene Barry as Gene Bradley
• Barry Morse as Mr. Parminter (25 episodes).
• Catherine Schell as Diane Marsh (11 episodes)
• Garrick Hagon as Gavin Taylor (10 episodes)

Supporting cast

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

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

Home media

A Region 2 DVD release of the show, which features interviews with Morse, Damon and Schell, is available from Network. Barry refused to be interviewed, and other cast members accused him of being "short-tempered" and "egomaniacal". Morse sums up the series in the DVD extras: "It wasn't the worst show ever made, but it certainly wasn't the best!"