The Betsy / a Harold Robbins International production ; an Allied Artists film ; directed by Daniel Petrie ; produced by Robert B. Weston ; screenplay by William Bast and Walter Bernstein.

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Adapted from a Harold Robbins potboiler, "The Betsy" offers power struggles, incest, adultery, gold digging, and car racing. Laurence Olivier plays a ruthless but fallible auto tycoon with a tortured family history including a weakling son (Paul Rudd), a daughter-in-law he loves too much (Katharine...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Authors: Bast, William (Adapter)
Bernstein, Walter (Adapter)
Barry, John, 1933-2011 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Allied Artists Productions
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 (Actor)
Duvall, Robert (Actor)
Ross, Katharine, 1940- (Actor)
Jones, Tommy Lee, 1946- (Actor)
Beller, Kathleen, 1955- (Actor)
Petrie, Daniel (Director)
Roland, Rita (Film editor)
Tosi, Mario, 1942-2021 (Film editor)
Robbins, Harold, 1916-1997
Language:English
French
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional French soundtrack; closed captioned.
Published: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1999.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Rich people > Drama.
Automobile racing > Drama.
Adultery > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Feature films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Adultery.
Automobile racing.
Man-woman relationships.
Rich people.
Genre:
Drama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Harold Robbins' The Betsy.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
Adapted from a Harold Robbins potboiler, "The Betsy" offers power struggles, incest, adultery, gold digging, and car racing. Laurence Olivier plays a ruthless but fallible auto tycoon with a tortured family history including a weakling son (Paul Rudd), a daughter-in-law he loves too much (Katharine Ross), a resentful grandson (Robert Duvall), and a devoted great-granddaughter (Kathleen Beller) to whom he bequeaths most of his fortune. In the midst of all these family squabbles is racing enthusiast Angelo Perino (a very young Tommy Lee Jones) whom the old man hires to build a revolutionary, ecologically advanced car which will be called The Betsy after his great-granddaughter. Angelo builds The Betsy (the car), seduces Betsy (the great-granddaughter), and even has a fling with Duvall's mistress, played by the haughty Lesley-Anne Down.
Note:Rated R.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ5 D0016611 VideoDVD
ISBN:0790739968
9780790739960
Credits:Presented by Emanuel L. Wolf ; film editor, Rita Roland ; director of photography, Mario Tosi ; music, John Barry.
System Details:DVD ; region 1 ; standard version ; Dolby digital mono.
Cast:
Lawrence Olivier (Number One), Robert Duval (Loren Hardeman III), Katharine Ross (Sally Hardeman), Tommy Lee Jones (Angelo Perino), Kathleen Beller (Betsy).