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Harold Robbin's sexy best seller stars Tommy Lee Jones as a racing driver drawn into the spider's web of a Detroit carmaking dynasty. All-star cast includes Tommy Lee Jones, Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall and Leslie-Anne Down. Based on a novel by Harold Robbins, director Daniel Petrie's THE BETSY tells the story of the sordid exploits (both sexual and financial) of a family of automobile manufacturers. THE BETSY, directed by Daniel Petrie and based on Harold Robbins's sordid potboiler about several generations of an American car manufacturing dynasty, stars Laurence Olivier as 90-year-old Loren Hardeman, who rules the family with an iron fist. The clan, nonetheless, is constantly involved in intrigues and affairs ranging from adultery to abuse of power. Although Loren has passed along the family business to his grandson, Loren Hardeman III (Robert Duvall), he has one idea that he is desperate to realize. The Betsy is Loren's dream car, named after his doting great-granddaughter (Kathleen Beller), and he hires Angelo Perino (a young and seductive Tommy Lee Jones) to help him secretly create the economical, efficient vehicle. Angelo is an injured race car driver who diligently works to design the car while seducing Betsy and having an affair with Loren III's mistress (a terrifically haughty Lesley-Anne Down). But the money-grubbing auto industry isn't too fond of Loren's secret pursuit, and their desire to sabotage him soon sets off more melodramatic action than a family can handle. This soap opera, brimming over with intrigue and seduction has been compared to television's DYNASTY and other spicy tales of romance and big money power plays. Petrie's film is certainly ripe with scandal, melodrama, and an enjoyably campy all-star cast, including Katharine Ross, Jane Alexander, and Paul Rudd. THE BETSY also features music composed by the legendary John Barry. Betsy Quotes/Excerpts: "To fast cars and the men who race them" -- Lady Bobby (LESLEY ANNE DOWN Betsy Reviews: "...[Jones' performance has] a sense of humor and a campy quality to it..."
-- Hege., Variety Betsy | List Price | $9.97 (You save $2.68) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1978 | | All Time Sales Rank |  32701  | | CD Universe Part number | 7020595 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 25, 2006 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Harold Robbins' The Betsy | | Running Time | 125 Minutes | | Additional Info | Pan & Scan | | Movie Details | Color; Pan & Scan |
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Shortly after her wedding, a young bride is seduced by a randy apparition she encounters while staying in an old haunted house. Four paranormal investigators are brought in to free the woman from the ghost's lusty grip, only to find that the house has plenty of ghostly pleasures to prey on their hidden fears and desires.
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Containing one of the most instantly recognizable intro sequences to a TV show ("Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"), THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN was the first attempt to bring the comic book character to television screens. This first season originally aired in 1952, and established great cinematic characters such as Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and of course Clark Kent himself. By day Kent attempts to live an anonymous existence as a reporter for the Daily Planet, but when trouble comes calling, he transforms into Superman, the last survivor from the planet Krypton.
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| | Seven Deadly Sins DVD (1995)
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