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Film / 1981
Broken Promise
Directed by
Don Taylor
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Chris SarandonBud Griggs
Melissa MichaelsenPatty Clawson
George CoeGeorge Mathews
McKee AndersonNancy Sloan
David HaskellTom Parks
Sondra WestAlice Parks
Marc AlaimoJoe Clawson
C.J. HincksJune Clawson
Tristine SchmuklerSue Anne Clawson
John McCaffreyJohn Clawson
Erika KatzKaren Clawson
Canaan CrouchCharlie Clawson
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Jessie Lee FultonMrs. Gustafson
Irma P. HallWilliston
William H. BurkettJudge Harrington
Nik HaglerHarrison
Rose-Mary RumbleyMrs. Higgins
Norma YoungAnna Nelson
Jeanie CappsDr. Carson
Randy MooreDr. Sullivan
Helena HumannMatron Turner
Tony FrankBarnes
Harlan JordanSheriff
Miles MutchlerWalter
Jude JohnsonDoris Parmenter
Lisa OzKathy
Missi HutchinsLinda
Norman ColvinAttendant
James BodeanFoster Parent (uncredited)
Bernedette WhiteheadWaitress (uncredited)
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