After the Promise (TV)
1987 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Synopsis of After the Promise (TV)
In a small Californian town in the 1930s. After the tragic loss of his wife carpenter Elmer Jackson finds that he will loose his sons. Despite his efforts, he is barred from seeing them when the authorities send the boys to an institution where they suffer physical and mental abuse. Elmer's battle to regain custody of his sons becomes a long and harrowing odyssey surrounded by bureaucratic red tape, anger and pain.
Direction David Greene
Cast Mark Harmon · Diana Scarwid · Rosemary Dunsmore · Donnelly Rhodes · Chance Michael Corbitt
Soundtrack Ralph Burns
Screenplay Robert W. Lenski · Sebastian Milito
Cinematography René Verzier
Original title After the Promise (TV)
6.8
61 votes (FilmAffinity)
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