Marvin & Tige

Marvin & Tige

1985
1h 44m
4.9

4.9/10

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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?

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Marvin Film Partners
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

suicide class adoption homelessness alcoholism racism

Quick Facts

Release Date March 8, 1985
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0085908

Cast

John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes

Marvin

Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams

Richard Davis

Gibran Brown
Gibran Brown

Tige Jackson

Denise Nicholas
Denise Nicholas

Vanessa Jackson

Fay Hauser
Fay Hauser

Brenda Davis

Georgia Allen
Georgia Allen

Carrie Carter

Jerry Penson
Jerry Penson

Policeman

Charles Darden
Charles Darden

TV Salesman

May K. Pearce
May K. Pearce

Nurse

Lou Walker
Lou Walker

Cab Driver

Rob Harke
Rob Harke

Driver

Danny Nelson
Danny Nelson

Bartender

Key Crew

Wanda Dell
Producer
Frank Merke
Executive Producer
Eric Weston
Director
Eric Weston
Screenplay
Wanda Dell
Screenplay
Wanda Dell
Executive Producer