The ABC television network produced a multi-million-dollar, eighteenhour mini-series of the novel in 1983.

Veteran leading man Robert Mitchum, portraying Victor Henry, headlined an all-star cast which included Ali McGraw (Natalie Jastrow), Polly Bergen (Rhoda Henry), Victoria Tennant (Pamela Tudsbury), John Houseman (Aaron Jastrow), Jan Michael Vincent (Byron Henry), Peter Graves (Palmer Kirby), and Topol (Berel Jastrow); a number of other Hollywood luminaries appeared in cameo roles. The series received good marks from critics, and has been revived on occasion on cable networks and produced in videotape format.