The Betsy
1978 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
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.
Direction Daniel Petrie
Cast Laurence Olivier · Robert Duvall · Katharine Ross · Tommy Lee Jones · Jane Alexander · Lesley-Anne Down · Joseph Wiseman · Kathleen Beller · Edward Herrmann · Paul Rudd · Roy Poole · Richard Venture · Titos Vandis
Soundtrack John Barry
Screenplay William Bast · Walter Bernstein · Harold Robbins
Cinematography Mario Tosi
Original title The Betsy
Also known as Harold Robbins' The Betsy
5.3
58 votes (FilmAffinity)
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