Promises To Keep
Brief Synopsis
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Three generations of the Robert Mitchum family united for this project, initially called "Fathering," with the veteran actor playing a dying rancher who decides to visit the family he had deserted thirty years earlier. His son Christopher, and Christopher's son, Bentley (in his acting debut), play h
Cast & Crew
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Noel Black
Director
Robert Mitchum
Jack Palmer
Christopher Mitchum
Tom Palmer
Bentley Mitchum
Johnny Palmer
Tess Harper
Gwen Palmer
Claire Bloom
Sally
Film Details
Also Known As
Fathering
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1985
Production Company
CBS Entertainment; CFI Hollywood; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Glen Glenn Sound Company; Production Services Inc; Segue Music Inc
Location
Santa Barbara, California, USA; Malibu, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Three generations of the Robert Mitchum family united for this project, initially called "Fathering," with the veteran actor playing a dying rancher who decides to visit the family he had deserted thirty years earlier. His son Christopher, and Christopher's son, Bentley (in his acting debut), play his fictional son and grandson, the older one contemptuous toward the man who had abandoned him as a boy, the younger one (the show's narrator) thrilled by his belated return. Filmed primarily in Malibu and Santa Barbara, near Robert Mitchum's real-life stomping grounds.
Director
Noel Black
Director
Cast
Robert Mitchum
Jack Palmer
Christopher Mitchum
Tom Palmer
Bentley Mitchum
Johnny Palmer
Tess Harper
Gwen Palmer
Claire Bloom
Sally
Merritt Butrick
Reg
Jane Sibbett
Libby
Hugh Gillin
Wendell
Peter Hobbs
Doctor
Paul Mantee
Mike
Thomas Oglesby
Ames
Andy Romano
Ben Wilson
Richard Partlow
Fish Buyer
George Kee Cheung
Jerry
Bobby Hoy
Michael Laskin
Art Dealer
Eva Charney
Bank Teller
Gil Combs
Ralph
Clifford Happy
Jeff
Jeremy Sunderland
Hotel Clerk
Mark Thomas
Gardener
Randy Oglesby
Rick Partlow
Crew
Barbara Amato
Script Supervisor
James Antunez
Transportation Coordinator
Dale Ashcraft
Production Assistant
Jean Austin
Hair
Stephanie Austin-thaler
Associate Producer
Mark Bacino
Assistant
Peter L Bergquist
Assistant Director
Kathleen Brodbeck
Wardrobe
Martin X Catelens
Assistant Editor
Robin Clark
Unit Production Manager
Robin Clark
Executive In Charge Of Production
Vincent Cresciman
Art Director
David Dalzell
Camera Operator
Dennis A Dalzell
Director Of Photography
Paul Delucca
Wardrobe
Andree Duviler
Location Manager
Zoltan Elek
Makeup
Penny Ellers
Casting
Allen Epstein
Executive Producer
Jeff Gaffin
Production Accountant
William Jay Gahert
Camera Operator
Mary Ann Good
Set Decorator
Jim Green
Executive Producer
Sandra Harmon
Producer
Anne Hart
Production Coordinator
Frederic Hunter
From Story
Tom Kessenich
Best Boy
Aaron Khristeus
Production Accountant
Charles T Knight
Sound Mixer
Michel Legrand
Music
Carl Manoogian
Key Grip
Dirk Mcconthay
Best Boy
Robert A Papazian
Supervising Producer
Phil Penningroth
Screenwriter
Joyce Robinson
Casting
Robert F. Shugrue
Editor
Robert F. Simon
Assistant Director
Milton Sperling
Supervising Producer
Matthew Springman
Property Master
Cynthi Stefenoni
Assistant
Jimmy Veres
Associate Producer
Tom Villano
Music Editor
James Walker
Production Assistant
Fred Waugh
Stunt Coordinator
Wayne Williams
Transportation Captain
Earl Williman
Gaffer
Jeffrey Windrvet
Camera Assistant
Cliff Winger
Special Effects
Film Details
Also Known As
Fathering
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1985
Production Company
CBS Entertainment; CFI Hollywood; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Glen Glenn Sound Company; Production Services Inc; Segue Music Inc
Location
Santa Barbara, California, USA; Malibu, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States October 15, 1985
Original title: "Fathering."
