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The Betsy (1978)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1978 Wide

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Based on the novel by Harold Robbins, this is the story of Loren Hardeman, Sr., a Midwestern automobile manufacturer (Lord Olivier) who pins his future on The Betsy, a "wonder car" named after his daughter (Kathleen Beller). The Betsy is designed to last practically forever, which doesn't rest well with the "planned obscolence" mindset of the auto industry. Flashbacks cover his career from his 40s to the present, when he is in his 90s. Hardeman, Sr. has a weak-willed son, Hardeman, Jr., (Robert

R, 2 hr. 12 min.

Drama

Directed By: Daniel Petrie

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1978 Wide

On DVD: Mar 30, 1999

Cast

Laurence Olivier
Loren Hardeman Sr.
Robert Duvall
Loren Hardeman III
Katharine Ross
Sally Hardeman
Tommy Lee Jones
Angelo Perino
Jane Alexander
Alicia Hardeman
Lesley-Anne Down
Lady Bobby Ayres
Joseph Wiseman
Jake Weinstein
Kathleen Beller
Betsy Hardeman
Edward Herrmann
Dan Weyman
Paul Rudd
Loren Hardeman Jr.
Roy Poole
John Duncan
Richard Venture
Mark Sampson
Titos Vandis
Angelo Luigi Perino
Clifford David
Joe Warren
Inga Swenson
Mrs. Craddock
Carol Williard
Roxanne
Charlie Fields
Loren III as a Boy
Whitney Blake
Elizabeth Hardeman
William Cain
Butler
Fred Carney
Boardmember #2
Maury Cooper
Boardmember #3
Norman Palmer
Boardmember #1
William Roerick
Secretary of Commerce
Reed Morgan
Donald
Mary Petrie
Nurse
Russell Porter
Boardmember #4

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Melodramatic rubbish, but fun rubbish. Good sets, costumes and all that, very little regard for accurate period detail. Many over the top performances, but it's entertaining. A bit overlong, a little more editing would have helped out.

October 5, 2009

James Higgins

This "film" defines Potboiler. It's a good story which propels the action, but the director used every tasteless device imaginable in the telling. Worth seeing if only to witness how low Laurence Olivier was willing to go to support his family, and to have ingenue Kathleen Beller make your mouth water. Then there;'s

December 31, 2010