Marvin & Tige
Marvin & Tige

Marvin & Tige

Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit

March 8, 1985104 min5.4EN
Drama

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?

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Cast

John Cassavetes
John CassavetesMarvin
Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee WilliamsRichard Davis
Gibran Brown
Gibran BrownTige Jackson
Denise Nicholas
Denise NicholasVanessa Jackson
Fay Hauser
Fay HauserBrenda Davis
Georgia Allen
Georgia AllenCarrie Carter
Jerry Penson
Jerry PensonPoliceman
Charles Darden
Charles DardenTV Salesman
May K. Pearce
May K. PearceNurse
Lou Walker
Lou WalkerCab Driver