The River Niger (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.
- Released
- 1976-04-14
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Krishna Shah
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 6 votes
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
- Hilda Haynes as Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
- Ed Crick as White Police Lieutenant