The Promise (1979 film)
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| Directed by | Gilbert Cates |
| Produced by |
Fred Weintraub Paul Heller |
| Written by | Garry Michael White |
| Starring |
Kathleen Quinlan Stephen Collins Beatrice Straight Laurence Luckinbill William Prince Bibi Besch Michael O'Hare |
| Music by | David Shire |
| Cinematography | Ralph Woolsey |
| Edited by | Peter E. Berger |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Promise is a 1979 film, released by Universal Pictures, which starred Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins, and Beatrice Straight. It was directed by Gilbert Cates and produced by Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller. The screenplay was written by Garry Michael White and later novelized by Danielle Steel. It was remade in India as the Hindi film Yeh Vaada Raha (1982).
In a rich-boy/poor-girl story (along the lines of "Love Story"), Boston college students Michael Hillyard (Collins) and Nancy McAllister (Quinlan) are in love. While visiting a park overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, they hide a costume jewelry necklace under a large rock, promising that they will love each other as long as it remains undisturbed (which they expect to be forever).
Michael goes to his mother, Marion (Straight), and announces his plans to marry Nancy. Marion thinks Nancy will hurt Michael's career with their family business. Michael, making it clear he will not drop Nancy, storms out of his mother's home. He calls Nancy and makes plans to elope. He asks his best friend Ben Avery (Michael O'Hare) to be best man.
On the way to the ceremony, the three are involved in a horrible car crash. Ben escapes with minor injuries, but Michael is comatose, and Nancy suffers severe facial injuries. While Nancy is still groggy and heavily bandaged, Marion makes a Mephistophelean deal with her: Marion will send Nancy to California and pay for a top plastic surgeon (Luckinbill) to restore her face. The catch is that Nancy must not return to Boston or contact Michael again unless he contacts her, with the implication being that he will decide if he wants the relationship to continue after the trauma of the accident. Believing that Michael will find her once he wakes up, Nancy agrees. However, when Michael comes out of his coma, Marion tells him that Nancy died in the accident.
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