ðə plˈɛdʒ dʒˈɜːmən: dˈæs vˈɜːspɹɛtʃən ɪz ɐ kɹˈaɪm nɑːvˈɛlə baɪ swˈɪs ˈɔːθɚ fɹˈiːdɹɪtʃ dˈuːɹənmˌæt, pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt, ˈæftɚ dˈuːɹənmˌæt θˈɔːt ðæt hɪz pɹˈiːviəs mˈuːvi skɹˈɪpt, ˈiːz dʒˈɛʃə ɐm hˈɛlɪtʃʔˌn̩ tˈæɡ"ɪt hˈæpənd ɪn bɹˈɔːd dˈeɪlaɪt"dɪdnˌɑːt hæv ɐ ɹiːəlˈɪstɪk ˈɛndɪŋ.
The Pledge (German: Das Versprechen) is a crime novella by Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt, published in 1958, after Dürrenmatt thought that his previous movie script, Es geschah am hellichten Tag ("It happened in broad daylight") did not have a realistic ending.