After the Promise (1987)
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Based On True Story
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.
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Lee Jung-jinHan Young-Min
Lee Sang-yunJang Hyun-Woo
Mark HarmonElmer Jackson
Kim Chang-sookMoon Soo-ja
Diana ScarwidAnna Jackson
Rosemary Dunsmore
Donnelly Rhodes
Blu Mankuma
Janet Wright
Mark Hildreth
Kaj-Erik Eriksen
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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.
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After the Promise has a runtime of 90 minutes.
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