

Sometimes it takes a friend to make the pieces fit
March 8, 1985
1h 44m
EN
Eric Weston
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?

John Cassavetes
Marvin

Billy Dee Williams
Richard Davis

Gibran Brown
Tige Jackson

Denise Nicholas


Frankcina Glass, Eric Weston, Wanda Dell
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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
Marvin Film Partners
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