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.
Cast
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James Earl Jones
Played Johnny Williams
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Cicely Tyson
Played Mattie Williams
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Played Dr. Dudley Stanton
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Glynn Turman
Played Jeff Williams
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Jonelle Allen
Played Ann Vanderguild
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Roger E. Mosley
Played Big Moe Hayes
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Ralph Wilcox
Played Al
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Teddy Wilson
Played Chips
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Charles Weldon
Played Skeeter
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Shirley Jo Finney
Played Gail
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Hilda Haynes
Played Wilhelmina Geneva Br…
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Ed Crick
Played White Police Lieuten…
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Tony Burton
Played Black Policeman
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Zakes Mokae
Played
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