Drama
Marvin & Tige
"Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit"
4.9/ 10
March 8, 1985
1h 44m
Overview
Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists. Should Marvin, and can he, give up the boy he loves, and who loves him, in favor of a stranger with the right genes and bank balance?
Director: Eric Weston
Cast
John Cassavetes
Marvin
Billy Dee Williams
Richard Davis
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Gibran Brown
Tige Jackson
Denise Nicholas
Vanessa Jackson
Fay Hauser
Brenda Davis
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Georgia Allen
Carrie Carter
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Jerry Penson
Policeman
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Charles Darden
TV Salesman
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May K. Pearce
Nurse
Lou Walker
Cab Driver
