Marvin & Tige (1985)
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?
- Date of release
- 1985-03-08
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Eric Weston
Casting
- John Cassavetes — Marvin
- Billy Dee Williams — Richard Davis
- Gibran Brown — Tige Jackson
- Denise Nicholas — Vanessa Jackson
- Fay Hauser — Brenda Davis
- Georgia Allen — Carrie Carter
- Jerry Penson — Policeman
- Charles Darden — TV Salesman
- May K. Pearce — Nurse
- Lou Walker — Cab Driver
- Rob Harke — Driver
- Danny Nelson — Bartender
Interesting facts
Marvin & Tige (1983), also titled Like Father & Son, is an American drama film directed by Eric Weston and written by Wanda Dell and Eric Weston based on a novel by Frankcina Glass. Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower who has seen better days and makes a living taking odd jobs, meets suicidal youngster Tige.
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