Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is preparing a Blu-ray release of Gilbert Cates'
The Promise (1979), starring Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Collins, Beatrice Straight, Laurence Luckinbill, and William Prince. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on October 25.
Description: Two college students, Nancy McAllister (Kathleen Quinlan) and Michael Hillyard (Stephen Collins), want to marry. But Hillyard comes from a wealthy family and his mother, Marion (Beatrice Straight), disapproves of their relationship. Then the couple are in a car accident that leaves Nancy disfigured and Michael in a coma. Marion offers to pay for Nancy's reconstructive surgery if she moves away and promises never to contact Michael. Nancy painfully agrees. Will their paths ever cross again?