Marvin & Tige (1985)

Original title: Marvin &amp; Tige
Release date: March 8, 1985
Status: Released
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 1h 44min
Producers: N/A

Name: Marvin & Tige
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985-03-08
Cast: John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams, Gibran Brown, Denise Nicholas

Directed by Eric Weston.
Starring John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams, Gibran Brown and Denise Nicholas.

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?