The Betsy

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The Betsy
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Produced by Robert R. Weston
Written by William Bast
Walter Bernstein
Harold Robbins (novel)
Starring Laurence Olivier
Tommy Lee Jones
Robert Duvall
Distributed by Allied Artists
Release date(s) 1978
Running time 125 m
Language English
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The Betsy is a 1978 film made by the Harold Robbins International Company and released by Allied Artists. It was directed by Daniel Petrie and produced by Robert R. Weston and Emanuel L. Wolf with Jack Grossberg as associate producer. The screenplay was by William Bast and Walter Bernstein, adapted from the novel of the same title by Harold Robbins.

The film starred Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones with Jane Alexander, Joseph Wiseman, Kathleen Beller, Edward Herrmann, Paul Rudd and Lesley-Anne Down.

The plot involves a family owned automobile manufacturer. Assembly plant footage was filmed at the American Motors (AMC) Kenosha, Wisconsin facilities. It shows 1978 Gremlin, Pacer, and Concord models being built and painted.

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