The River Niger (1976)
Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.
105 min
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.
- Release date
- April 14, 1976
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Cicely Tyson as Mattie Williams
- James Earl Jones as Johnny 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
Crew
- Krishna Shah · Director
- Joseph A. Walker · Writer
- Sidney Beckerman · Producer
- Ike Jones · Producer
- War · Composer
- Michael D. Margulies · Cinematographer
- Irving Lerner · Editor
- Reuben Cannon · Casting director
- Seymour Klate · Production designer