The Promise (1999)
Overview
Lisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. With her sister's encouragement, she takes their three kids and leaves her husband. Bill keeps interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of protection against him, but the police can't do anything else to help her. One night Bill breaks into Lisa's apartment and shoots her. As she dies in the hospital, Lisa asks her sister to promise to take care of her three children. The sister takes the kids into her home, but Bill is still on the loose, an ever present threat.
Cast
Isabella Hofmann
Joanne Stoller
Tracy Nelson
Lisa Miles
Neil Maffin
Bill Miles
Courtney Peldon
Susie Miles
Kristin Booth
Jennifer Stoller
Seth Adkins
Billy Stoller
Diane Fabian
Doris MilesRecommendations
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