The River Niger (1976)
04/14/1976 (US) • 1h 45m
Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Johnny Williams
Mattie Williams
Dr. Dudley Stanton
Jeff Williams
Ann Vanderguild
Big Moe Hayes
Chips
Skeeter
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