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The River Niger
(en)
7.0
Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.
1976
1h45m
Drama
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.
Status: Released
Release date: April 14, 1976
Countries of origin: United States of America,
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Production companies
- River Niger Company
- Asanti Productions Inc.
- Gossett Enterprises
Top Cast
James Earl Jones
as Johnny Williams
Cicely Tyson
as Mattie Williams
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Dr. Dudley Stan...
Glynn Turman
as Jeff Williams
Jonelle Allen
as Ann Vanderguild
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