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Marvin & Tige (1985)

Marvin & Tige (1985)

Drama

Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit

Release Date: 1985, March 8
Directors: Eric Weston
Countries: United States of America
Production: Marvin Film Partners
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Danny Nelson, Lou Walker, Fay Hauser, Frank Hart, Denise Nicholas, Georgia Allen, Je Nie Fleming, Charles Darden, Gibran Brown, Jerry Penson, May K. Pearce

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?

Keywords:

suicide racism alcoholism class adoption homelessness