Movie

The River Niger

★ 6.7/10 · 6 votes 1976 1h 45m Released

Drama

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 Johnny Williams Cicely Tyson Mattie Williams Louis Gossett Jr. Dr. Dudley Stanton Glynn Turman Jeff Williams J Jonelle Allen Ann Vanderguild Roger E. Mosley Big Moe Hayes