I wonder where the people who say they've seen this recently did so? It has never officially been released on VHS or DVD. Clearly there are bootlegs kicking around.
The reviewers here are being way too hard on Laurence Olivier. Come on, MacArthur was a bad role for him, and he would have had trouble with it in his prime, and in 1980, he was NOT in his prime. The last time Lord Olivier looked and sounded good in a movie was in 1977's THE SEVEN PER CENT SOLUTION. By the time THE BETSY (1978) came along, his admirers were shocked at how frail he had become; his once powerful voice weak and high-pitched from his rapidly declining health. INCHON came after that yet, and in his condition, Olivier never had a chance with a role that was wrong for him in the first place. So, instead of denigrating his entire career (as some have done on this page) for his poor performance here, cut him some slack. His positive achievements far outweigh INCHON or anything else from his final period.
The reviewers here are being way too hard on Laurence Olivier. Come on, MacArthur was a bad role for him, and he would have had trouble with it in his prime, and in 1980, he was NOT in his prime. The last time Lord Olivier looked and sounded good in a movie was in 1977's THE SEVEN PER CENT SOLUTION. By the time THE BETSY (1978) came along, his admirers were shocked at how frail he had become; his once powerful voice weak and high-pitched from his rapidly declining health. INCHON came after that yet, and in his condition, Olivier never had a chance with a role that was wrong for him in the first place. So, instead of denigrating his entire career (as some have done on this page) for his poor performance here, cut him some slack. His positive achievements far outweigh INCHON or anything else from his final period.