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The River Niger

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Calorie Rating: 148
Released: 1976-04-14
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Studios: River Niger Company, Asanti Productions Inc., Gossett Enterprises,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

James Earl Jones
Character: Johnny Williams
Cicely Tyson
Character: Mattie Williams
Louis Gossett Jr.
Character: Dr. Dudley Stanton

Glynn Turman
Character: Jeff Williams
Jonelle Allen
Character: Ann Vanderguild
Roger E. Mosley
Character: Big Moe Hayes

Ralph Wilcox
Character: Al
Teddy Wilson
Character: Chips
Charles Weldon
Character: Skeeter

Shirley Jo Finney
Character: Gail
Hilda Haynes
Character: Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
Ed Crick
Character: White Police Lieutenant

Tony Burton
Character: Black Policeman


Production and Crew

War
Music
Dan Perri
Title Designer

Ike Jones
Producer
Seymour Klate
Production Design

Frank Lombardo
Set Decoration
Michael D. Margulies
Director of Photography

Eddie M. Barron
Hairstylist