After the Promise
After the Promise
Release: 1987-10-11
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 7.6
Drama
TV Movie
Elmer Jackson is a carpenter in a small Californian town in the 1930s. Struggling to bring up 4 young boys after the death of his wife, he is horrified when the Government (citing trumped-up charges of parental neglect) places the boys into various foster homes and institutions, unaware of the abuse that boys would then be subjected to. The conditions imposed by the court and the difficulties caused by the Depression make Jackson's determined and vigorous quest to find his boys extremely difficult.
Cast
Alex Diakun
as Foreman
Alex Bruhanski
as Hospital Cop
Mark Harmon
as Elmer Jackson
Ryan Francis
as Wayne 2
Linda Darlow
as Welfare Officer
Michael Robinson
as Sailor (uncredited)
Janet Wright
as Waitress
Stephen E. Miller
as Ben
Pat Bermel
as Patrolman
Kaj-Erik Eriksen
as Kid in Window (uncredited)
Diana Scarwid
as Anna Jackson
Rosemary Dunsmore
as Florence Jackson
Donnelly Rhodes
as Dr. Northfield
Blu Mankuma
as Jack
Mark Hildreth
as Raymond 3