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
as Marvin
Billy Dee Williams
as Richard Davis
Gibran Brown
as Tige Jackson
Denise Nicholas
as Vanessa Jackson
Fay Hauser
as Brenda Davis
Georgia Allen
as Carrie Carter
Jerry Penson
as Policeman
Charles Darden
as TV Salesman
May K. Pearce
as Nurse
Lou Walker
as Cab Driver
Rob Harke
as Driver
Danny Nelson
as Bartender
