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?
Title | Marvin & Tige |
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Year | 1985 |
Genre | Drama |
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Studio | |
Cast | John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams, Gibran Brown, Denise Nicholas, Fay Hauser, Georgia Allen |
Crew | Frankcina Glass (Novel), Elayne Barbara Ceder (Associate Producer), Wanda Dell (Producer), Frank Merke (Executive Producer), Patrick Williams (Music), Brian West (Director of Photography) |
Keyword | suicide, class, adoption, homelessness, alcoholism, racism |
Release | Mar 08, 1985 |
Runtime | 104 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 5.40 / 10 by 7 users |
Popularity | 2 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | English |