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The River Niger

04/14/1976

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1hr 45min

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Drama

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • James Earl Jones
  • Cicely Tyson
  • Louis Gossett Jr.
  • Glynn Turman
  • Jonelle Allen

    Director

  • Irving Lerner

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • River Niger Company
  • Asanti Productions Inc.
  • Gossett Enterprises

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

James Earl Jones

Johnny Williams

Cicely Tyson

Mattie Williams

Louis Gossett Jr.

Dr. Dudley Stanton

Glynn Turman

Jeff Williams

Jonelle Allen

Ann Vanderguild

Roger E. Mosley

Big Moe Hayes

Ralph Wilcox

Al

Teddy Wilson

Chips

Charles Weldon

Skeeter

Shirley Jo Finney

Gail

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