Marvin & Tige

Marvin & Tige

Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit

PG 1985 · 104 min · ★ 5.1 · 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?

Directed by Eric Weston · Written by Eric Weston

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John Cassavetes Marvin
Billy Dee Williams Richard Davis
Gibran Brown Tige Jackson
Denise Nicholas Vanessa Jackson
Fay Hauser Brenda Davis
Georgia Allen Carrie Carter
Jerry Penson Policeman
Charles Darden TV Salesman
May K. Pearce Nurse
Lou Walker Cab Driver
Rob Harke Driver
Danny Nelson Bartender

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