QB VII

Anthony Hopkins Ben Gazzara (starring)
Leon Uris (novel)
Edward Anhalt (screenwriter)
Tom Gries (director)

Burbank, CA: American Broadcasting Company [ABC], 1973. Revised Final Shooting script for Part One of the 1974 television miniseries. Copy belonging to actor Ben Gazzara, with his name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper. Winner of 6 Primetime Emmys.

Physician Adam Kelno (Hopkins) travels to England after World War II, unaware that his identification with Anti-Communists in Poland has made him a target of the Soviet Government. He retreats with his wife and son to Arabia where he attempts to modernize the local health standards. Upon his return to England he is Knighted. Twenty years later a book is published that names him part of Nazi medical experiments on members of concentration camps. He sues for defamation and begins a troublesome trial. "QB VII" refers to the courtroom where trial is held: "Queen's Bench, Room 7."

Orange titled wrappers, noted as FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper, with credit for Screenwriter Anhalt. Title page present. 100 leaves, mimeograph duplication, with blue, pink and white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 8-30-72 and 2-13-73. Lacking rear wrapper. Pages Near Fine, front wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.


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