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Scott Swanton (written by)
Release Date:
16 January 1996 (USA)
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Plot:
When two sisters can no longer go on living with the painful memory of their baby sister being murdered 37 years ago by their stepmother...
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A contrived, over-acted mess.
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Cast
(in credits order) | Delta Burke | ... | Debra |
 | Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Kay |
 | Shirley Knight | ... | Jolene Maggart |
 | Grace Zabriskie | ... | Francie Harper |
 | Lawrence Monoson | ... | Randy Goodson |
 | Casey Biggs | ... | Travis Colton |
 | Alexa Vega | ... | Young Kay |
 | Jane E. Goold | ||
| Bill McKinney | ... | Butch Maggart |
| Steve Shearer | ... | Woody |
 | Morgana Shaw | ... | Young Jolene |
| David Denney | ... | Timmy |
 | Melanie Haynes | ... | Aunt Letty |
 | Madylin Sweeten | ... | Young Debra |
| Allison Ritter | ... | Carolyn |
| Jessica Ritter | ... | Carolyn |
| Liz Piazza Kelley | ... | Young Frankie |
| James Prince | ... | Earl |
 | Tim Simek | ... | Young Butch |
 | John S. Davies | ... | Doctor at Rural Clinic |
 | Gail Cronauer | ... | Dr. Davis |
| James N. Harrell | ... | Mr. Giles |
| Richard Jones | ... | Dr. Sterns |
 | James Huston | ... | Ethan Crane |
| Netha Stanton | ... | Henrietta |
 | Gabriel Folse | ... | Boyfriend |
| Baily Lyn Cox | ... | Little Girl on Bus |
| Caitlin McHargue | ... | Crying Little Girl |
| Constance Jones | ... | TV Reporter |
| Pam Dougherty | ... | Baliff |
| Robert McGardle | ... | Baliff |
| Peter Lovett | ... | Reporter #1 |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Leticia Alaniz | ... | Cowboys Girlfriend |
 | Jerry Haynes | ... | Dr. Evie |
| Hutch | ... | Bus Patron |
 | Paul A. Kaufman | ... | Drunk Cowboy |
| Michael Bendall | ... | Citizen (uncredited) |
 | Robert F. Cawley | ... | Police Chief (uncredited) |
 | Richard Phillips | ... | Cowboy (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Jerry London | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Scott Swanton | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Michael O. Gallant | .... | producer | |
| Paul A. Kaufman | .... | executive producer | |
| Scott Swanton | .... | co-executive producer | |
| Sophia Xixis | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Laura Karpman | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Billy Dickson | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Benjamin A. Weissman | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Derek R. Hill | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Stephen M. Chudej | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Paul A. Kaufman | .... | second unit director | |
Art Department | |||
| Jason Hammond | .... | set dresser | |
| Jason Knee | .... | set dresser | |
Sound Department | |||
| Karma Barber | .... | foley artist | |
| Skip Frazee | .... | location sound mixer | |
| Alan Freedman | .... | adr mixer | |
| George R. Groves Jr. | .... | sound editor | |
| Jeremy Hoenack | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Phillip W. Palmer | .... | boom operator | |
| Michael Payne | .... | sound supervisor | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Randy E. Moore | .... | special effects coordinator | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Cheryl Clarson | .... | electrician | |
| Rocky Ford | .... | grip (as Rocky W. Ford) | |
| Stephen Ritchey | .... | grip | |
| Andy Stefanek | .... | electrician | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Scott Klein | .... | master colorist | |
Music Department | |||
| Kim Strand | .... | music editor | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Duke Foster | .... | transportation coordinator | |
Other crew | |||
| Clay Bakker | .... | key production assistant | |
| Kim Davis | .... | location manager | |
| Brett Z. Hill | .... | production assistant | |
| Todd Sharp | .... | production coordinator | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1996) (USA) (all media) (original airing)
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94 min
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Jolene Maggart:[Bringing a cup of tea to Debra who is hanging her head down on the porch] You feeling any better?
Debra:[takes the tea cup] Yeah. Just feeling a little light-headed is all.
Jolene Maggart:This is about Carolyn, isn't it? Kay got you all stirred up again?
Debra:No it's not.
Jolene Maggart:You can tell me the truth.
Debra:No, Kay just wanted to know when Carolyn was born so that she could do her chart.
Jolene Maggart:I have been very patient about this and I have not said a word, but if you're gonna stand there and lie to my face...
[she turns to walk away]
Debra:Mother? Mother, what did I do?
Jolene Maggart:Do you think that I am blind? Do you think that I cannot see the way you're been staring at me? Kay's got you brainwashed now!
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Debra:[takes the tea cup] Yeah. Just feeling a little light-headed is all.
Jolene Maggart:This is about Carolyn, isn't it? Kay got you all stirred up again?
Debra:No it's not.
Jolene Maggart:You can tell me the truth.
Debra:No, Kay just wanted to know when Carolyn was born so that she could do her chart.
Jolene Maggart:I have been very patient about this and I have not said a word, but if you're gonna stand there and lie to my face...
[she turns to walk away]
Debra:Mother? Mother, what did I do?
Jolene Maggart:Do you think that I am blind? Do you think that I cannot see the way you're been staring at me? Kay's got you brainwashed now!
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"A Promise to Carolyn" tells of the investigation of two middle aged women into the death of their little sister 30+ years earlier. A contrived mess fraught with herky-jerky flashbacking, over-acting, and poor technical consulting in hypnosis, law, forensics, etc., this flick is an obvious fabrication with one purpose; to jerk the audience around emotionally. Should be most appreciated by soaps junkies.
At this writing the IMDB user rating of 7.8 computed from 37 votes is grossly distorted by 16 votes, almost half, giving this mediocre film a maximum score of 10 with no semblance of a Gaussian distribution.