The River Niger

The River Niger

105 mins | Drama | April 14, 1976

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.

The River Niger

105 mins | Drama | April 14, 1976

The River Niger
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers River Niger Company, Asanti Productions Inc., Gossett Enterprises
Original title The River Niger
Directors Krishna Shah
Writers Joseph A. Walker

Cast

James Earl Jones

as Johnny Williams

Cicely Tyson

as Mattie Williams

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Dr. Dudley Stanton

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

Hilda Haynes

as Wilhelmina Geneva Brow

Ed Crick

as White Police Lieutenant

Tony Burton

as Black Policeman