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 novelist considered The Betsy as the "best movie adaptation of any of his works." The film stars Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones, Jane Alexander, Joseph Wiseman, Kathleen Beller, Edward Herrmann, Paul Ryan... Rudd, and Lesley-Anne Down. The Betsy features music composed by John Barry. It was filmed at Rosecliff mansion in Newport Rhode Island. A fading family-owned automobile manufacturer and its owners pin their hopes for a return to profitability on a new model named for the great-granddaughter of the firm's founder. The aging Loren Hardeman remains the titular head of a Detroit automotive conglomerate.
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| Release date: | February 9, 1978 |
| Directed by: | Daniel Petrie |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 125 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert R. Weston |
| Screenplay by: | Walter Bernstein, William Bast |
| Adapted from: | Betsy |