CinemaOSMovie · 1985 · 1h 44m · PG

Marvin & Tige

Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit

51%(9)IMDbDrama

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 byEric Weston

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 44m
Language
EN
Released
March 8, 1985
Studios
Marvin Film Partners

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

Marvin

Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Richard Davis

Gibran Brown

Tige Jackson

Denise Nicholas

Denise Nicholas

Vanessa Jackson

Fay Hauser

Fay Hauser

Brenda Davis

Georgia Allen

Carrie Carter

Jerry Penson

Policeman

Charles Darden

TV Salesman

May K. Pearce

Nurse

Lou Walker

Lou Walker

Cab Driver

Creative team
Directed by
Eric Weston
Written by
Wanda Dell
Eric Weston
Produced by
Wanda Dell

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