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The River Niger (1976)

April 14, 1976 (US) Drama • 105m

Overview

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.

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Top Billed 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

Crew


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Released

Original Language

EN

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