Marvin & Tige

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?

Directed by Eric Weston

Top cast

John Cassavetes

Marvin

Billy Dee Williams

Richard Davis

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Gibran Brown

Tige Jackson

Denise Nicholas

Vanessa Jackson

Fay Hauser

Brenda Davis

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Georgia Allen

Carrie Carter

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Jerry Penson

Policeman

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Charles Darden

TV Salesman

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May K. Pearce

Nurse

Lou Walker

Cab Driver

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Rob Harke

Driver

Danny Nelson

Bartender

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Je Nie Fleming

Sylvia Davis

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Frank Hart

Dr. Ross

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Tami Dash

Shirley Carter

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