The Darwin Adventure (1972)
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The Darwin Adventure stars Nicholas Clay as 19th century British naturalist Charles Darwin. The film covers the whole of Darwin's life, with emphasis on his volatile evolutionary theories. The "adventure" of the title is Darwin's 1831 fact-finding voyage on the good ship Beagle, in search of nature's secrets in the darker corners of South America. The story ends in Darwin's declining years, during which time many of his theories have been adopted and refined by younger, more broad-minded naturalists. The Darwin Adventure plays like a Cliff's Notes version of the subject's life, packing far too much into its 91 minute running time to be properly digested by the average filmgoer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Jack C. Couffer
Synopsis of The Darwin Adventure
The Darwin Adventure stars Nicholas Clay as 19th century British naturalist Charles Darwin. The film covers the whole of Darwin's life, with emphasis on his volatile evolutionary theories. The "adventure" of the title is Darwin's 1831 fact-finding voyage on the good ship Beagle, in search of nature's secrets in the darker corners of South America. The story ends in Darwin's declining years, during which time many of his theories have been adopted and refined by younger, more broad-minded naturalists. The Darwin Adventure plays like a Cliff's Notes version of the subject's life, packing far too much into its 91 minute running time to be properly digested by the average filmgoer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Darwin Adventure
- Nicholas Clay - Charles Darwin
- Rachel Brennock - Darwin's daughter
- Michael Gyngell - Darwin's son
- Carl Bernard - Moreno
- David Davenport - Robert Darwin
- Robert Flemyng - Prof. Henslow
- Faith Kent - First Lady
- Michael Malnick - Hooker
- Ian Richardson - Capt. Fitzroy
- Michael Sheard
- Aubrey Woods - Bishop Wilberforce
- Philip Newman - Member of Parliament
- Christopher Martin - Lt. Sullivan
- Luke Batchelor - Darwin's son
- Denise Gyngell - Darwin's daughter
- John Baskcomb - Prof. Draper
- Philip Brack - Huxley
- Derek Deadman - Man
- Richard Ireson - Wickman
- Susan Macready - Emma Wedgwood Darwin
- Hugh Morton - Josiah Wedgwood
- Tony Robinson - Man in Crowd
- Susan Travers - Second Lady
- Brian Anthony - Undergraduate
- Charles Simon - Lay Preacher
- Director(s):
- Jack C. Couffer
- Writer(s):
- William Fairchild
- Producer(s):
- Edgar J. Scherick, Joseph Strick
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