Thicker Than Blood 25 years old

Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where most kids, even many of its graduates, end up in crime and poverty. He takes a particular interest in one of the boys nobody believes will ever come to anything, Lee Cortes, who he finds to be a prodigy in cartoon drawing but who never spoke a word at school, and always wears a Walkman, essentially because of his home situation: his elder brother Tyro, a drug dealer, abuses him and his mother, so he often stays home to mind the smallest siblings. Griffin tries everything to help Lee, despite everyones cynicism, even takes him in his bachelor flat, but finds the whole family situation must be solved, which is probably beyond his power, yet tries tireless, even if he gets nothing but abuse and the results seem to do more hurting then helping...

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Thicker Than Blood Cast

Name Character
Peter Maloney He was 53, now 79 years old as James
Dan Futterman He was 30, now 56 years old as Griffin Byrne
Lauren Vélez She was 33, now 59 years old as Camilla Lopez
Mickey Rourke He was 45, now 71 years old as Father Frank Larkin
Vincent Laresca He was 24, now 50 years old as Tyro
Carlo Alban He was 18, now 44 years old as Lee Cortez
Josh Mostel He was 51, now 77 years old as Kendall
Rosanna DeSoto She was 47, now 73 years old as Señora
Dick Latessa He was 68, 87 years old when he died as Ciccilone
Grace Garland as Hooker

Thicker Than Blood Crew

Name Department
Richard Pearce as Director. He was 55 (now 81) years old Directing
Bill Cain as Writer. He was 51 (now 77) years old Writing
Thicker Than Blood (25 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, May 31, 1998
  • Runtime: 95 minutes