Promise [videorecording] / Garner/Duchow Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television ; story by Kenneth Blackwell & Tennyson Flowers and Richard Friedenberg ; teleplay by Richard Friedenberg ; produced and directed by Glenn Jordan.
Originally broadcast December 14, 1986. James Garner, James Woods, Piper Laurie. "Filmed entirely on location in Oregon."
Summary:
Bob, a feckless bachelor, promised his mother that at her death he would care for his schizophrenic younger brother D.J. but he becomes apprehensive when the time comes. Facing up to his responsibility, Bob tries his best, but his set ways and D.J.'s erratic behavior mix like oil and water. Giving his promise one last shot, Bob takes D.J. on a fishing trip to the secluded lake where they vacationed as children. Here, the rush of memories transforms both men.
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