After the Promise

Elmer Jackson (Mark Harmon) is a carpenter in a small Californian town in the 1930s. Struggling to bring up four young boys after the death of his wife, he is horrified when the government (citing trumped-up charges of parental neglect) places the boys into various foster homes and institutions, unaware of the abuse that the boys would then be subjected to. The conditions imposed by the court and the difficulties caused by the Depression make Jackson's determined and vigorous quest to find his boys extremely difficult.

After the Promise is a 1987 drama movie directed by David Greene, starring Mark Harmon, Rosemary Dunsmore, Donnelly Rhodes. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 1,176 votes and runs 1h 30m.