The River Niger
movie
Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.
Released April 14, 1976
Genres:
Overview
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
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
Shirley Jo Finney
as
Gail
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Hilda Haynes
as
Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
Ed Crick
as
White Police Lieutenant
Crew
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Krishna Shah
as
Director
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War
as
Music
Dan Perri
as
Title Designer
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Joseph A. Walker
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Author
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Sidney Beckerman
as
Producer
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Ike Jones
as
Producer
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Michael D. Margulies
as
Director of Photography
Irving Lerner
as
Editor
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Reuben Cannon
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Casting
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Seymour Klate
as
Production Design
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Frank Lombardo
as
Set Decoration
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Eddie M. Barron
as
Hairstylist