Promise Summary
Director: Glenn Jordan
Genres: Drama
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Promise represented the first of several momentous TV-movie teamings of James_Garner and James_Woods. Garner plays an affable middle-aged salesman. When his mother dies, Garner is compelled to fulfill his long-ago promise to her: to look after his schizophrenic younger brother Woods. What begins as a fitfully painful experience for both men culminates with an unexpected, powerful climax, predicated by a memory-laden fishing trip. Piper_Laurie co-stars as an old flame of Garner who finds herself a compassionate spectator to the troubled and bizarrely touching relationship between the two long-estranged brothers. Written by Richard_Friedenberg, The_Promise premiered December 14, 1986. Emmy awards were bestowed upon James_Woods, Piper_Laurie, Richard_Friedenberg, director Glenn_Jordan, and the film itself. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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