Marvin & Tige (1985)

03/08/1985 (EN) • 1h 44m

Drama

Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit

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?

Top Billed Cast

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

suicide

class

adoption

homelessness

alcoholism

racism

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