Broken Promise

Duration: 96 min

Release date: 1981-05-05

IMDB

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.

Drama TV Movie

Broken Promise

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Melissa Michaelsen

Melissa Michaelsen

as Patty Clawson

as George Mathews

as June Clawson

Tristine Schmukler

Tristine Schmukler

as Sue Anne Clawson

as John Clawson

as Karen Clawson

as Charlie Clawson

Jessie Lee Fulton

Jessie Lee Fulton

as Mrs. Gustafson

William H. Burkett

William H. Burkett

as Judge Harrington

Rose-Mary Rumbley

Rose-Mary Rumbley

as Mrs. Higgins

as Dr. Sullivan

as Matron Turner

as Doris Parmenter

as Foster Parent (uncredited)

Bernedette Whitehead

Bernedette Whitehead

as Waitress (uncredited)

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Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Original Music Composer

Robert C. Jessup

Robert C. Jessup

Director of Photography

David Berlatsky

David Berlatsky

Post Production Supervisor

Unit Production Manager

Patrick A. Duffy

Patrick A. Duffy

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Clancy T. Troutman

Clancy T. Troutman

Robert Driskell

Robert Driskell

First Assistant Camera

Camera Operator

Additional Casting

Additional Casting

Patricia McKiernan

Patricia McKiernan

Wardrobe Supervisor

Derek Berlatsky

Derek Berlatsky

Assistant Editor

Clifford Yarborough

Clifford Yarborough

Transportation Captain

Paula Squires Asaff

Paula Squires Asaff

Production Coordinator

Production Executive

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