Marvin & Tige

    Marvin & Tige
    1985

    Synopsis

    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 CassavetesMarvin
    • Billy Dee WilliamsRichard Davis
    • Gibran BrownTige Jackson
    • Denise NicholasVanessa Jackson
    • Fay HauserBrenda Davis
    • Georgia AllenCarrie Carter
    • Jerry PensonPoliceman
    • Charles DardenTV Salesman
    • May K. PearceNurse
    • Lou WalkerCab Driver

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