Broken Promise (1981)

★ 6.0 1h 36m IMDb
Drama
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A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite a bureaucrat's insistence that it is impossible to locate a single foster home for all five.

Broken Promise

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Cast

Chris Sarandon
Chris Sarandon as Bud Griggs Age 83 · Beckley, West Virginia, USA Christopher Sarandon Jr. (born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride (1987), Detective Mike...
George Coe
George Coe as George Mathews Died 2015 · Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA George Coe (May 10, 1929 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. He was a cast member for the first season of Saturday Night Live and voiced the character of Woodhouse in Archer..
David Haskell
David Haskell as Tom Parks Died 2000 · Stockton, California, USA David Michael Haskell (June 4, 1948 – August 30, 2000) was an American film, stage and television actor and singer best known for his performance in Godspell..
Marc Alaimo
Marc Alaimo as Joe Clawson Age 84 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Marc Alaimo (born Michael Joseph Alaimo; May 5, 1942) is an American actor best known for his villainous roles, particularly as Gul Dukat on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wiscon...
Jessie Lee Fulton
Jessie Lee Fulton as Mrs. Gustafson Died 1983 · Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Irma P. Hall
Irma P. Hall as Williston Age 91 · Beaumont, Texas, USA ​Irma P. Hall is an American film and television actress, best known for playing matriarchal figures in feature films like "A Family Thing", "Soul Food", and "The Ladykillers"..
Director Don Taylor
Cast Chris Sarandon, Melissa Michaelsen, George Coe, McKee Anderson, David Haskell, Sondra West, Marc Alaimo, C.J. Hincks, Tristine Schmukler, John McCaffrey

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