Directed by Daniel Petrie
Genre/Type Melodrama, Romance, Drama
Plot Lines Business, Business (family-owned), Family-interaction
From book by Robbins, Harold
Certification: USA:R-rated
Color type Technicolor
Produced by Allied Artists / Allied Artists / Allied Artists-Harold Robbins International (Robert R. Weston)
Laurence Olivier does a nude scene in The Betsy. 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 Duvall) who is forced into taking charge of the family business. And in case you're wondering, Olivier hops into the sack with Katherine Ross. There's no trash like high-gloss trash, and The Betsy gloriously fills that bill. -- Hal Erickson
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
Read Morgan - Donald
Charlie Fields - Loren III as a Boy
Whitney Blake - Elizabeth Hardeman
William Cain - Butler
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Daniel Petrie - Director
Harold Robbins - Producer
Robert Weston - Producer
William Bast - Screenwriter
Walter Bernstein - Screenwriter
Mario Tosi - Cinematographer
John Barry - Composer (Music Score)
Rita Roland - Editor
Herman A. Blumenthal - Production Designer
Jack Grossberg - Associate Producer
James Payne - Set Decoration/Design
Dorothy Jeakins - Costumes/Costume Designer
Wolfgang Glattes - Asst. Director
Lee Alexander - Sound/Sound Designer
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