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The River Niger
1 hour 45 minutes1976-04-14
7.3
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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](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oqMPIsXrl9SZkRfIKN08eFROmH6.jpg)
James Earl Jones
Johnny Williams
![Cicely Tyson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//y6mcoaGUwsBejVz4MabdeZNsIAY.jpg)
Cicely Tyson
Mattie Williams
![Louis Gossett Jr.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//27SplfxhM8Do78mYOyi43t1G3fy.jpg)
Louis Gossett Jr.
Dr. Dudley Stanton
![Glynn Turman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ac5gjylih4RTCGf2HWuSnoZWDus.jpg)
Glynn Turman
Jeff Williams
![Jonelle Allen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qTMFJ3Ic8rjKnYn5opqazrLWQDO.jpg)
Jonelle Allen
Ann Vanderguild
![Roger E. Mosley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dAQA1V6JeuvgFLpIVOFZhysbRSR.jpg)
Roger E. Mosley
Big Moe Hayes
![Ralph Wilcox](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//i7Bhsyei92DJFYIo1NSBHtk4JyI.jpg)
Ralph Wilcox
Al
![Teddy Wilson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zmGv5UgDC4wlCFimpYcOW4axWVG.jpg)
Teddy Wilson
Chips
![Charles Weldon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8RANnWrtUVd1u5S7hM1ZWMOVgoS.jpg)
Charles Weldon
Skeeter
![Shirley Jo Finney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jRv8ezR81wOzfCEU2cIPjPzN2Xv.jpg)
Shirley Jo Finney
Gail
![Hilda Haynes](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hilda Haynes
Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
![Ed Crick](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7GBLyrHNjYrfQMwi66BczVV4ydr.jpg)
Ed Crick
White Police Lieutenant
![Tony Burton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iG51d1Ck1doZNGseRMqGTnNC8t8.jpg)
Tony Burton
Black Policeman
![Zakes Mokae](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qLQfTAYvufmy3X6WI4OHrABL2ap.jpg)