James Earl Jones
as Johnny Williams
The River Niger
1976
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7.4
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Drama
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105m
US
• English
Director: Krishna Shah
Writers: Joseph A. Walker
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.
