The River Niger
The River Niger

The River Niger

1976-04-14 - 105 minutes

6.80 / 10

Overview

Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.

Screenplay

Director - Krishna Shah

Genres

Drama

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Cast

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Johnny Williams

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Mattie Williams

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Dr. Dudley Stanton

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Jeff Williams

Jonelle Allen

Jonelle Allen

Ann Vanderguild

Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

Big Moe Hayes

Hilda Haynes

Hilda Haynes

Wilhelmina Geneva Brow

Ed Crick

Ed Crick

White Police Lieutenant

Tony Burton

Tony Burton

Black Policeman

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