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 CassavetesMarvin
Billy Dee WilliamsRichard DavisGibran BrownTige Jackson
Denise NicholasVanessa Jackson
Fay HauserBrenda DavisGeorgia AllenCarrie CarterJerry PensonPolicemanCharles DardenTV SalesmanMay K. PearceNurse
Lou WalkerCab Driver
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