Marvin & Tige

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?

Cast

John Cassavetes

Billy Dee Williams

Gibran Brown

Denise Nicholas

Fay Hauser

Georgia Allen

Jerry Penson

Charles Darden

May K. Pearce

Lou Walker

Rob Harke

Danny Nelson

Je Nie Fleming

Frank Hart

Tami Dash