The River Niger

1976, drama

105 minutes

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,...

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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

Ann Vanderguild

Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

Big Moe Hayes

Teddy Wilson

Chips

Charles Weldon

Charles Weldon

Skeeter

Hilda Haynes

Wilhelmina Geneva Brow

Ed Crick

Ed Crick

White Police Lieutenant

Tony Burton

Tony Burton

Black Policeman

Crew

Art

Seymour Klate

Production design

Frank Lombardo

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Eddie M. Barron

Hairstylist

Directing

Krishna Shah

Director

Editing

Irving Lerner

Editor

Production

Reuben Cannon

Casting

Sidney Beckerman

Producer

Ike Jones

Producer

Sound

War

Writing

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