Some rivers can't be dammed...some people won't be broken.
6.8
105 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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James Earl Jones | Johnny Williams | Unowned |
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Cicely Tyson | Mattie Williams | Unowned |
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Louis Gossett Jr. | Dr. Dudley Stanton | Unowned |
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Glynn Turman | Jeff Williams | Goutbreak |
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Jonelle Allen | Ann Vanderguild | Unowned |
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Roger E. Mosley | Big Moe Hayes | Unowned |
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Ralph Wilcox | Al | Unowned |
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Teddy Wilson | Chips | Unowned |
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Charles Weldon | Skeeter | Unowned |
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Shirley Jo Finney | Gail | Unowned |
| Hilda Haynes | Wilhelmina Geneva Brow | Unowned | |
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Ed Crick | White Police Lieutenant | Unowned |
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Tony Burton | Black Policeman | Unowned |
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Zakes Mokae | Unowned |