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About
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.
Theatrical
Apr 14, 1976
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 29, 1999
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River Niger Company, Asanti Productions Inc., Gossett Enterprises
Cast
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James Earl Jones
Johnny Williams
C
Cicely Tyson
Mattie Williams
L
Louis Gossett Jr.
Dr. Dudley Stanton
G
Glynn Turman
Jeff Williams
J
Jonelle Allen
Ann Vanderguild
R
Roger E. Mosley
Big Moe Hayes
R
Ralph Wilcox
Al
T
Teddy Wilson
Chips
C
Charles Weldon
Skeeter
S
Shirley Jo Finney
Gail
H
Hilda Haynes
Wilhelmina Geneva Brow
E
Ed Crick
White Police Lieutenant
T
Tony Burton
Black Policeman
Z
Zakes Mokae
