Marvin & Tige

Marvin & Tige

8/3/1985 1h 44m 4.9/10

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?

Director

Eric Weston

Top Billed Cast

Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

Richard Davis

Fay Hauser

Fay Hauser

Brenda Davis

John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

Marvin

Denise Nicholas

Denise Nicholas

Vanessa Jackson

Georgia Allen

Carrie Carter

Gibran Brown

Tige Jackson

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