After the Promise
Based On True Story
1987 1 hour 30 minutesBased On True Story
1987 1 hour 30 minutes
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.
11th October 1987
37 years ago
1 hour 30 minutes
Finishes at 6:30pm
4 nominations
7.7/10
70%
74%
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