CinemaOSMovie · 1998 · 1h 35m

Thicker Than Blood

71%(4)IMDbDramaTV Movie

Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where most kids, even many of its graduates, end up in crime and poverty. He takes a particular interest in one of the boys nobody believes will ever come to anything, Lee Cortes, who he finds to be a prodigy in cartoon drawing but who never spoke a word at school, and always wears a Walkman, essentially because of his home situation: his elder brother Tyro, a drug dealer, abuses him and his mother, so he often stays home to mind the smallest siblings. Griffin tries everything to help Lee, despite everyones cynicism, even takes him in his bachelor flat, but finds the whole family situation must be solved, which is probably beyond his power, yet tries tireless, even if he gets nothing but abuse and the results seem to do more hurting then helping...

Directed byRichard Pearce

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
EN
Released
May 31, 1998
Studios
Turner Network TelevisionSarabande Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

Father Frank Larkin

Dan Futterman

Dan Futterman

Griffin Byrne

Carlo Alban

Carlo Alban

Lee Cortez

Luna Lauren Vélez

Luna Lauren Vélez

Camilla Lopez

Josh Mostel

Josh Mostel

Kendall

Peter Maloney

Peter Maloney

James

Vincent Laresca

Vincent Laresca

Tyro

Rosanna DeSoto

Rosanna DeSoto

Señora

Dick Latessa

Dick Latessa

Ciccilone

Grace Garland

Hooker

Creative team
Directed by
Richard Pearce
Richard Pearce
Written by
Bill Cain

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