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The River Niger

19766.8 / 10105 min
Drama

Overview

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

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

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

Ralph Wilcox

Ralph Wilcox

Al

Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson

Chips

Charles Weldon

Charles Weldon

Skeeter

Shirley Jo Finney

Shirley Jo Finney

Gail

Hilda Haynes

Hilda Haynes

Wilhelmina Geneva Brow

Ed Crick

Ed Crick

White Police Lieutenant

Tony Burton

Tony Burton

Black Policeman

Zakes Mokae

Zakes Mokae

Crew

Krishna Shah

Krishna Shah

Director

War

War

Music

Dan Perri

Dan Perri

Title Designer

Joseph A. Walker

Joseph A. Walker

Author

Sidney Beckerman

Sidney Beckerman

Producer

Ike Jones

Ike Jones

Producer

Michael D. Margulies

Michael D. Margulies

Director of Photography

Irving Lerner

Irving Lerner

Editor

Reuben Cannon

Reuben Cannon

Casting

Seymour Klate

Seymour Klate

Production Design

Frank Lombardo

Frank Lombardo

Set Decoration

Eddie M. Barron

Eddie M. Barron

Hairstylist