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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

15152

James Earl Jones

as Johnny Williams

18249

Cicely Tyson

as Mattie Williams

20959

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Dr. Dudley Stanton

114674

Glynn Turman

as Jeff Williams

156972

Jonelle Allen

as Ann Vanderguild

42156

Roger E. Mosley

as Big Moe Hayes

83610

Ralph Wilcox

as Al

58649

Teddy Wilson

as Chips

87744

Charles Weldon

as Skeeter

109069

Shirley Jo Finney

as Gail

178202

Hilda Haynes

as Wilhelmina Geneva Brow

160488

Ed Crick

as White Police Lieutenant

16504

Tony Burton

as Black Policeman

47458

Zakes Mokae

as

Crew

99769

Krishna Shah

Director

1375268

War

Music

1648134

Dan Perri

Title Designer

1194434

Ike Jones

Producer

62028

Reuben Cannon

Casting

2551066

Joseph A. Walker

Author

57360

Michael D. Margulies

Director of Photography

83918

Irving Lerner

Editor

19423

Sidney Beckerman

Producer

1476027

Seymour Klate

Production Design

2551067

Eddie M. Barron

Hairstylist

12120

Frank Lombardo

Set Decoration