The exotic setting and the sensational touches of The Key to Rebecca made it an ideal choice for a motion picture adaptation. In 1985, a two-part television miniseries based on Follett's book was produced by Taft Entertainment. The cast included Cliff Robertson as William Vandam, David Soul as Alex Wolff, Season Hubley as Elene Fontana, Lena Raymond as Sonja El Aram, and Robert Culp as Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.