Promise

Promise

110 mins | Drama, Family, TV Movie | Dec. 21, 1986

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.

Promise

110 mins | Drama, Family, TV Movie | Dec. 21, 1986

Promise
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Warner Bros. Television, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, garner-Duchow Productions
Original title Promise
Directors Glenn Jordan
Writers Ken Blackwell, Richard Friedenberg

Cast

James Garner

as Bob Beuhler

James Woods

as DJ

Piper Laurie

as Annie Gilbert

Alan Rosenberg

as Dr. Pressman

Mary Marsh

as Mrs. Post

Barbara Niven

as Joan

Steven M. Gagnon

as Michael

Virginia Settle

as Mrs. Burden