The River Niger
1976
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 105 min
Average vote: 6.75
Release date: 1976-04-14
Director: Krishna Shah
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 Jon...
as
Johnny Williams
Cicely Tyson
as
Mattie Williams
Louis Gossett ...
as
Dr. Dudley Sta...
Glynn Turman
as
Jeff Williams
Jonelle Allen
as
Ann Vanderguild
Roger E. Mosley
as
Big Moe Hayes
Ralph Wilcox
as
Al
Teddy Wilson
as
Chips
Charles Weldon
as
Skeeter
Shirley Jo Fin...
as
Gail
Hilda Haynes
as
Wilhelmina Gen...
Ed Crick
as
White Police L...
Tony Burton
as
Black Policeman
Zakes Mokae
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