Thicker Than Blood is a 1998 American made for TV drama film directed by Richard Pearce and starring Mickey Rourke, Dan Futterman and Carlo Alban.

[3] Griffin Byrne is a newly assigned teacher to a Catholic high school in an inner-city near slum neighbourhood of New York, which is run down by headmaster Father Frank Larkin.

There, he meets and tries to help Lee Cortez, a smart boy from a poor and troubled family.

Lee has a good heart and artistic skills, but is constantly dragged down by his social environment and about to leave the school.

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