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Marvin & Tige

Marvin & Tige

1985·Movie·1h 44m

Drama

5.1 / 10 (9 votes)

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?

Directed by
Eric Weston
Original language
English
Released
8 March 1985

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • John Cassavetes

    John Cassavetes

    Marvin

  • Billy Dee Williams

    Billy Dee Williams

    Richard Davis

  • GB

    Gibran Brown

    Tige Jackson

  • Denise Nicholas

    Denise Nicholas

    Vanessa Jackson

  • Fay Hauser

    Fay Hauser

    Brenda Davis

  • GA

    Georgia Allen

    Carrie Carter

  • JP

    Jerry Penson

    Policeman

  • CD

    Charles Darden

    TV Salesman

  • MK

    May K. Pearce

    Nurse

  • Lou Walker

    Lou Walker

    Cab Driver

  • RH

    Rob Harke

    Driver

  • Danny Nelson

    Danny Nelson

    Bartender