The Pledge

About The Pledge

A police chief, about to retire, pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.

Sean Penn's The Pledge is a 2001 crime mystery film. Its themes are promise, drawing, police profiling, and porcupine.

Jack Nicholson takes the lead as Jerry Black, Helen Mirren as Doctor, Aaron Eckhart as Stan Krolak, and Robin Wright as Lori. Released in January 2001, it runs 124 minutes.

The screenplay is by Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski. Produced by Franchise Pictures. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV in the United States.

Red Dragon, Mildred Pierce, and The Initiation make useful companions to The Pledge, all filed under murder. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 1,266 votes and it carries a R rating.