The Pledge

– A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 4 Minutes
Release Year:
2001
The Pledge (2001)

A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

The Pledge (2001) - Trailer

Release Date:

19 Jan 2001

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Sean Penn

Writer:

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (book), Jerzy Kromolowski (screenplay), Mary Olson-Kromolowski (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Patricia Clarkson, Beau Daniels, Benicio Del Toro, Dale Dickey

Plot:

The night he retires as a Nevada sheriff, Jerry Black pledges to the mother of a murdered girl that he will find the killer. Jerry doesn't believe the police arrested the right man; he discovers this is the third incident in the area in the recent past with victims young, blond, pretty, and small for their age. So he buys an old gas station in the mountains near the crimes in order to search for a tall man who drives a black station wagon, gives toy porcupines as gifts, and calls himself the wizard: clues from a drawing by the dead girl. Jerry's solitary life gives way to friendship with a woman and her small, blond daughter. Has Jerry neglected something that may prove fatal?

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations.

Gross profit:

$18,894,185

Production:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
Metacritic:
71%