QB VII (miniseries)
| QB VII | |
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| Created by | Leon Uris |
| Starring |
Ben Gazzara Anthony Hopkins |
| Composer(s) | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Country of origin |
 United States
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| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Douglas S. Cramer |
| Running time | 390 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Douglas S. Cramer Company Screen Gems |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | April 29, 1974 |
QB VII is an American television miniseries produced by Screen Gems; it was also the final program from Columbia Pictures's television division to be made under the Screen Gems banner. It began airing on ABC on April 29, 1974. Adapted to the screen by Edward Anhalt from the novel QB VII, 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 six Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for several more.
This was Jack Hawkins' 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.
QB VII was released as a Region 1 DVD on May 29, 2001.
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