A Son's Promise (1990)
An iron-willed Georgia boy accepts the burden of a man on his young shoulders. Fifteen-year-old Terry O'Kelly is fatherless and his remaining parent, his mother, is dying. Anguished, the soon-to-be orphan makes a surprising grown-up decision: Terry promises to care for his six brothers and vows to keep the family together. Steadfast to his word, Terry takes on the struggles of parenthood, which yields some difficult and unpleasant surprises.
- Released
- 1990-03-05
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama, Family
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Korty
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 13 votes
Cast
- Andrew Lowery as Tommy O'Kelly
- Stephen Dorff as Charles O'Kelly
- Ricky Schroder as Terry O'Kelley
- David Andrews as Wayne O'Kelley
- Veronica Cartwright as Dorothy Donaldson
- Boyd Gaines as Dan Weston
- Donald Moffat as Paw Paw
- Ryan Marshall as David O'Kelley
- Trey Yearwood as Jeff O'Kelley
- Peirce Baehr as Michael O'Kelley
- Grayson Fricke as Jason O'Kelley
- Linda Pierce as Judy O'Kelley
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