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The River Niger (1976)
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Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.Plot:
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Credited cast) | Cicely Tyson | ... | Mattie Williams |
 | James Earl Jones | ... | Johnny Williams |
 | Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Dr. Dudley Stanton (as Lou Gossett) |
 | Glynn Turman | ... | Jeff Williams |
 | Jonelle Allen | ... | Ann Vanderguild |
| Roger E. Mosley | ... | Big Moe Hayes |
| Ralph Wilcox | ... | Al |
| Teddy Wilson | ... | Chips |
| Charles Weldon | ... | Skeeter |
| Shirley Jo Finney | ... | Gail |
| Hilda Haynes | ... | Wilhelmina Geneva Brown |
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| Ed Crick | ... | White Police Lieutenant |
| Tony Burton | ... | Black Policeman |
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The Broadway production of "The River Niger" opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theater in New York on March 27, 1973 and ran for 162 performances. Joseph A. Walker wrote both the play and the screenplay for this filmed production. moreFAQ
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Over the years I missed viewing this film and was extremely surprised at the great acting by the entire cast. I remembered that this film was created from a Tony Award winning off Broadway hit play and its deep look into the African American community in the 1970's. James Earl Jones,(Johnny Williams) is a house painter and has an extra hobby writing poetry. Cicely Tyson,(Mattie Williams) plays the wife of Johnny and tries to do her very best to work and keep the family from going down under during rough times and poverty all around them. Louis Gossett,Jr., (Dr. Dudley Stanton), is a very good friend to Johnny and helps him out financially when he spends all his income on booze and can't make the house payments. Super stars, Lou Gossett and Earl Jones make this a classic film and worth every minute of your time to view this film.