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19/01/2001 Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller 2h 4m
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Detective Jerry Black has made a promise he can't break, to catch a killer he can't find.

Overview

A police chief, about to retire, pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.

  1. Sean Penn

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jack Nicholson

    Jerry Black

  2. Helen Mirren

    Doctor

  3. Aaron Eckhart

    Stan Krolak

  4. Robin Wright

    Lori

  5. Sam Shepard

    Eric Pollack

  6. Benicio del Toro

    Toby Jay Wadenah

  7. Patricia Clarkson

    Margaret Larsen

  8. Mickey Rourke

    Jim Olstad

  9. Vanessa Redgrave

    Annalise Hansen

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2020-04-13
There can't be such devils out there.

The Pledge is directed by Sean Penn and adapted to screenplay by Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novel, "The Promise". It stars Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright Penn, Aaron Eckhart, Sam Shepard, Patricia Clarkson, Helen Mirren, Tom Noonan, Benicio Del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Dale Dickey, Vanessa Redgrave and Harry Dean Stanton. Music is by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer, and cinematography by Chris Menges.

Police chief Jerry Black (Nicholson) is literally on his last day before retitement. But during his leaving part...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$29,419,291.00

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