QB VII (1974) [4 of 4]

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Episode 4 (30 April 1974) - Things do not go well for Sir Adam Kelno in court. He wins but in a strange twist at the end - he loses.

QB VII is an American television miniseries produced by Screen Gems. It began airing on April 29, 1974. Adapted to the screen by Edward Anhalt from the 1970 novel QB VII by Leon Uris, it was produced by Douglas S. Cramer and directed by Tom Gries. The original music was written by Jerry Goldsmith and the cinematography by Paul Beeson and Robert L. Morrison. The six-and-a-half-hour miniseries won seven Primetime Emmy Awards of the 14 for which it was nominated.

Plot : A physician (Sir Anthony Hopkins) sues a novelist (Ben Gazzara) for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.

It stars Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron and Lee Remick. Incidently, this was Jack Hawkins's final movie role. He had already had a laryngectomy for throat cancer, and used esophageal speech in his speaking parts. He died soon after filming was completed.