The Adventures of Gerard
Directed by	Jerzy Skolimowski
Written by	Arthur Conan Doyle H. A. L. Craig Gene Gutowski Jerzy Skolimowski Charles Wood
Based on	The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by	Gene Gutowski
Starring	Peter McEnery Claudia Cardinale Eli Wallach Jack Hawkins
Cinematography	Witold Sobociński
Edited by	Alastair McIntyre
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	January 1970 (1970-01)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Adventures of Gerard is a 1970 British-Italian-Swiss adventure comedy film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Peter McEnery, Claudia Cardinale, Eli Wallach and Jack Hawkins. It was based on the 1896 collection The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle.^[1]

Vain, egotistical Étienne Gerard, a French brigadier, serves during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he is the best soldier and lover that ever lived and intends to prove it.

• Peter McEnery as Colonel Gerard
• Claudia Cardinale as Theresa
• Eli Wallach as Napoleon I
• Jack Hawkins as Millefleurs
• Mark Burns as Colonel Russell
• Norman Rossington as Sergeant Papilette
• John Neville as Wellington
• Paolo Stoppa as Santarem, Count of Morales
• Ivan Desny as Gen. Lassalle
• Leopoldo Trieste as Marshal Massena
• Solvi Stubing

• Brigadier Gerard (1915)
• The Fighting Eagle (1927)

• The Adventures of Gerard at IMDb

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