Marvin & Tige
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“Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit”
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?
Cast
21 people
John Cassavetes
Marvin
Known for
Rosemary's Baby
The Dirty Dozen
Billy Dee Williams
Richard Davis
Known for
The Empire Strikes Back
Batman
Eric Weston
Elayne Barbara Ceder
Frankcina Glass
Gibran Brown
Tige Jackson
Also in
Poison Ivy
Wanda Dell
Denise Nicholas
Vanessa Jackson
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
Ghost Dad
Frank Merke
Fay Hauser
Brenda Davis
Known for
The Hot Chick
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Georgia Allen
Carrie Carter
Known for
Madea's Family Reunion
Jerry Penson
Policeman
No other roles listed
Eric Weston Director · Wanda Dell Screenplay Frankcina Glass Author
United States release March 8, 1985 · Produced in United States · Production Major Productions
Production
Marvin Film Partners
Production
Major Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 8, 1985
Theatrical
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