Thicker Than Blood

Thicker Than Blood

1998
1h 35m
6.5

6.5/10

3 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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...

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Sarabande Productions Turner Network Television
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date May 31, 1998
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0156240

Cast

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
Grace Garland

Hooker

Eric van Alstyne
Eric van Alstyne

Griffin's Brother (uncredited)

Key Crew

Richard Pearce
Director
Bill Cain
Writer