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The River Niger

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7.3/10 • 3

1976-04-14 • 1h 45m

Drama

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.

Directors
Krishna Shah
Editors
Irving Lerner

Top Billed Cast

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  1. James Earl Jones

    James Earl Jones

    Johnny Williams

  2. Cicely Tyson

    Cicely Tyson

    Mattie Williams

  3. Louis Gossett Jr.

    Louis Gossett Jr.

    Dr. Dudley Stanton

  4. Glynn Turman

    Glynn Turman

    Jeff Williams

  5. Jonelle Allen

    Jonelle Allen

    Ann Vanderguild

  6. Roger E. Mosley

    Roger E. Mosley

    Big Moe Hayes

  7. Ralph Wilcox

    Ralph Wilcox

    Al

  8. Teddy Wilson

    Teddy Wilson

    Chips

  9. Charles Weldon

    Charles Weldon

    Skeeter

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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