John Gunther's High Road

Sep 7, 1959

0h 30m

★ 10.0

Overview

John Gunther, a great traveler in many parts of the globe, presented on the American ABC channel the documentary program "John Gunther's High Road" from September 7, 1959 to October 1, 1960, namely 30 episodes. Two adventure trips filmed in distant places were broadcast: The first documentary film was shot exclusively for the show and the second film offered was a great classic adventure or exploit film by another director.

Genres

TV Movie

Documentary

Adventure

Production Companies

ABC Network Productions

John Gunther's High Road Trailers

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Cast

Self (Host)

John Gunther

Self

Armand Charlet

Self

Sessue Hayakawa

Self

Georges Lépineux

Self

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Self

Herb Shriner

Self

Benny Goodman

Self

Walter Winchell

Self

Bernard Burnet

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