The River Niger
14/04/1976
2h



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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


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
Hilda Haynes
Wilhelmina Geneva Brow


Ed Crick
White Police Lieutenant


Tony Burton
Black Policeman


Zakes Mokae
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