The Betsy

Adaptation of Harold Robbins’ best-selling novel about a family’s machinations within the motor industry. The Betsy is a revolutionary model of car, dreamed up by the founder of the family company. But will the new automobile’s excellence prove to be its downfall?, From Harold Robbins’ vision of the American dream: sex, power, money and automobiles. Patriarch Laurence Olivier has built the perfect car (The Betsy)–designed to last forever–no built-in obsolescence. Son Robert Duvall and the Industry object…, From Harold Robbins’ vision of the American dream: sex, power, money and automobiles. Patriarch Laurence Olivier has built the perfect car (The Betsy) – designed to ‘last forever’ – no ‘built-in obsolescence.’, Sophisticated drama starring Laurence Oliver as a retired tycoon who dreams up a revolutionary new car. Robert Duvall and Katharine Ross lend able support., 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., Harold Robbins’ best seller about an auto tycoon (Laurence Olivier) and the intrigue surrounding his experimental car. Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones, Jane Alexander, Lesley-Anne Down. Jake: Joseph Wiseman. Betsy: Kathleen Beller. Dan: Edward Herrmann. Loren: Paul Rudd. Directed by Daniel Petrie.