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The River Niger

73 %|Apr 14, 1976|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Krishna Shah
Director
War
Music
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Joseph A. Walker
Author
Sidney Beckerman
Producer
Ike Jones
Producer
Michael D. Margulies
Director of Photography
Irving Lerner
Editor

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Cast

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James Earl Jones
Johnny Williams
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Cicely Tyson
Mattie Williams
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Dr. Dudley Stanton
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Glynn Turman
Jeff Williams
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Jonelle Allen
Ann Vanderguild
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Roger E. Mosley
Big Moe Hayes
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Hilda Haynes
Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
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Ed Crick
White Police Lieutenant
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Tony Burton
Black Policeman