Marvin and Tige (1983)
- Starring:
- John Cassavetes, Billy Dee Williams, (more)
- Director(s):
- Wanda Dell, Eric Weston, (more
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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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 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, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- John Cassavetes - Marvin Stewart
- Denise Nicholas - Vanessa Jackson
- Fay Hauser - Brenda Davis
- Frank Hart - Dr. Ross
- Lou Walker - Cab Driver
- Billy Dee Williams - Richard Davis
- Gibran Brown - Tige Jackson
- Georgia Allen - Carrie Carter
- Danny Nelson - Bartender
- Charles Darden - TV Salesman
- Director(s):
- Wanda Dell, Eric Weston
- Writer(s):
- Eric Weston, Wanda Dell
- Producer(s):
- Wanda Dell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
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