Marvin And Tige (1983)
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In this weakly limned melodrama, Marvin (John Cassavetes) is a homeless man who stops the 11-year-old Tige (Gibran Brown) from killing himself one night, and after a bumpy start, the two become as close as a father and son. Tige's real father left him long ago, his mother has just died, and Tige… More In this weakly limned melodrama, Marvin (John Cassavetes) is a homeless man who stops the 11-year-old Tige (Gibran Brown) from killing himself one night, and after a bumpy start, the two become as close as a father and son. Tige's real father left him long ago, his mother has just died, and Tige is seriously ill himself. Marvin takes this in and then hunts down Tige's father (Billy Dee Williams), who is married and the father of three other children. After some initial reluctance, the father finally accepts Tige into his household, but the boy's life does not necessarily get any better from there. With a plot that is transparently melodramatic and characters barely etched on the surface, the intention to manipulate viewers with "tragic" scenes is uncomfortably apparent. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Eric Weston
- Genres
- Drama
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1983 Wide
- Studio
- Sultan Entertainment
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Cast
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John Cassavetes
as Marvin Stewart
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Billy Dee Williams
as Richard Davis
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Denise Nicholas
as Vanessa Jackson
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Gibran Brown
as Tige Jackson
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Fay Hauser
as Brenda Davis
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Georgia Allen
as Carrie Carter
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Frank Hart
as Dr. Ross
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Danny Nelson
as Bartender
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Lou Walker
as Cab Driver
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Charles Darden
as TV Salesman
