The Pledge (film)

The Pledge
The Pledge
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sean Penn
Screenplay by	Jerzy Kromolowski; Mary Olson-Kromolowski
Based on	The Pledge; by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Produced by	Michael Fitzgerald; Sean Penn; Elie Samaha;
Starring	Jack Nicholson; Benicio del Toro; Aaron Eckhart; Helen Mirren; Tom Noonan; Robin Wright Penn; Vanessa Redgrave; Mickey Rourke; Sam Shepard; Lois Smith; Harry Dean Stanton;
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Edited by	Jay Lash Cassidy
Music by	Klaus Badelt; Hans Zimmer;
Production; companies	Franchise Pictures; Clyde Is Hungry Films; Epsilon Motion Pictures;
Distributed by	Morgan Creek Productions, Inc.; (through Warner Bros. Pictures)
Release date	January 19, 2001;
Running time	123 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$37 million
Box office	$29.4 million

The Pledge is a 2001 American neo-noir psychological mystery drama film directed by Sean Penn and starring Jack Nicholson alongside an ensemble supporting cast of Patricia Clarkson, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard, Mickey Rourke, Tom Noonan, Lois Smith and Benicio del Toro. It competed at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

The Pledge is based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1958 novella The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel. Dürrenmatt wrote the novella to refine the theme he originally developed in the screenplay for the 1958 German-language film It Happened in Broad Daylight with Heinz Rühmann.