Promise (1986)
1h 50m
Running Time
December 21, 1986Release Date
Promise (1986)
1h 50m
Running Time
December 21, 1986Release Date
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Plot.
Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earlier—to care for his younger brother DJ, who is schizophrenic. When Bob eventually takes over responsibility for his younger brother’s well-being, he embarks upon the most difficult challenge of his life.
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Cast & Crew.
James Garner
Bob Beuhler
James Woods
D.J.
Alan Rosenberg
Dr. Pressman
Piper Laurie
Annie Gilbert
Peter Michael Goetz
Stuart
Michael Alldredge
Gibb
Glenn Jordan
Director
Richard Friedenberg
Writer
Details.
Wiki.
Promise is a 1986 American drama television film directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Richard Friedenberg, from a story by Kenneth Blackwell, Tennyson Flowers and Friedenberg. James Garner stars as a care-free man who returns to his hometown after his mother's death, and has to assume responsibility for his mentally ill younger brother (James Woods). The film aired on CBS on December 14, 1986, as a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation. One of the most honored films in television history, Promise received the Peabody Award, Humanitas Prize, Christopher Award, and Golden Globe Award. Its record of five Primetime Emmy Awards was not matched until 2010, by the film Temple Grandin.