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On the day of his retirement, detective Jerry Black (Jack Nicholson) accepts a gift -- an airline ticket to Mexico. But when the body of a murdered eight-year-old girl is discovered in the ...
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Summaries. A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child. On the night he retires as a Reno, Nevada detective, Jerry Black (Jack Nicholson) pledges to the mother of a murdered girl that he will find the killer. Jerry doesn't believe the Police arrested the right man.
Jan 19, 2001 · Roger Ebert January 19, 2001. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Sean Penn 's "The Pledge" begins as a police story and spirals down into madness. It provides Jack Nicholson with one of his best roles in recent years, as a retired cop who makes a promise and tries to keep it.
Jan 19, 2001 · The Pledge is directed by Sean Penn and adapted to screenplay by Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novel, "The Promise". It stars Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright Penn, Aaron Eckhart, Sam Shepard, Patricia Clarkson, Helen Mirren, Tom Noonan, Benicio Del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Dale Dickey, Vanessa Redgrave and ...
Jan 19, 2001 · Academy Award-winner Jack Nicholson stars as Jerry Black, a Nevada homicide detective who volunteers for one final investigation on the eve of his retirement. He offers his expertise at a compromised crime scene and ends up making a promise to the young victim's mother that will change his life forever.
Oct 12, 2001 · The Pledge is Nicholson's film from first to last, but despite this, Penn works in an extraordinary roster of discreetly excellent cameos and subordinate players: Robin Wright Penn, Harry...
About. The Pledge. DRAMA. Oscar winner Jack Nicholson ("As Good As it Gets," "A Few Good Men"), John Malkovich ("Being John Malkovich") and Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Vanessa Redgrave ("Mission: Impossible") star in this tense '50s crime drama. Based on the acclaimed novel by Swiss author Friedrich Durrenmatt.
