A Promise to Carolyn (1996)
Time for revenge
Genre : Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Runtime : 1H 34M
Director : Jerry London
Synopsis
When two sisters can no longer go on living with the painful memory of their baby sister being murdered 37 years ago by their stepmother, together they try to uncover the truth.
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