Marvin & Tige

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MOVIE
PG

Marvin & Tige

Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit

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?

Release Date

1985-03-08

Year

1985

Duration

1h 44m

Status

Released

Score

4.90

Genres

#suicide#class#adoption#homelessness#alcoholism#racism

Cast

John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

Marvin

Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Richard Davis

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Gibran Brown

Tige Jackson

Denise Nicholas

Denise Nicholas

Vanessa Jackson

Fay Hauser

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

Lou Walker

Cab Driver