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?
Cast
John Cassavetes
Marvin
Billy Dee Williams
Richard Davis
Gibran Brown
Tige Jackson
Denise Nicholas
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
Rob Harke
Driver
Danny Nelson
Bartender
Je Nie Fleming
Sylvia Davis
Frank Hart
Dr. Ross
Tami Dash
Shirley Carter
Crew
Eric Weston
Director, Screenplay, Casting
Wanda Dell
Screenplay, Executive Producer, Producer, Casting
Frankcina Glass
Novel
Fabien D. Tordjmann
Editor
Brian West
Director of Photography
Frank Merke
Executive Producer
Elayne Barbara Ceder
Associate Producer
Patrick Williams
Music
Nick Nelson
Electrician
Duke Johnson
Security
Frank Blair
Art Direction
Paul Rhudy
Art Direction
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