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The Betsy (1978)

 -  Drama  -  9 February 1978 (USA)
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The aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.

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Cast

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Loren Hardeman
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Loren Hardeman III
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Sally Hardeman
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Angelo Perino
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Alicia Hardeman
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Lady Bobby Ayres
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Jake Weinstein
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Betsy
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Dan Weyman
Paul Rudd ...
Loren Hardeman Jr.
Roy Poole ...
John Duncan
Richard Venture ...
Mark Sampson
Titos Vandis ...
Angelo Luigi Perino
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Joe Warren
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Mrs. Craddock
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The patriarch of a family-owned corporation hires a young race car driver to help him design a fuel efficient car in secrecy. They face resistance from the president of the company (the patriarch's grandson), who wishes to eliminate the motor car division because of bad blood between himself and his grandfather. During flashbacks, a parallel set of problems is revealed in the family's past, problems that persist into the present, and the race car driver gets deeper into the web of deception and corporate intrigue. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

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The Harold Robbins people. What you dream...they do!

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Drama

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9 February 1978 (USA)  »

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Harold Robbins' The Betsy  »

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$17,685,000 (USA)
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This picture was shot entirely on location without any filming done on studio sound stages. See more »

Quotes

Loren Hardeman: Angelo, I don't want anyone else to get hurt. I'm giving up the Betsy.
Angelo Perino: [shocked] You're what?
Loren Hardeman: I've seen people broken before, and it's not gonna happen again. The next funeral I want to attend is my own.
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Spoofed in National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982) See more »

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My favorite guilty pleasure movie.
11 July 1999 | by (Birmingham, Alabama) – See all my reviews

Serious cineasts, GO AWAY! Watch this film for the pure pleasure of getting down and dirty in a potboiler. Lust! Greed! Passion! Murder! Seduction! Even MAFIA!

And see Laurence Olivier ham it up like crazy with the goofiest accent you'll ever hear!

Oh, yeah. I forgot ... Hate! Fear! Wealth! Decadence!


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