To Sleep with Anger
“When Harry comes to town, he brings good times, bad times… And a lot of trouble!”
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Cast
Danny Glover 
Paul Butler 
DeVaughn Nixon Mary Alice Reina King Cory Curtis
Credits
Written by: 
Charles Burnett
Plot
In South Central Los Angeles, a mysterious Southern visitor, Harry, arrives at a Black family's home and stirs up tension and old conflicts, in a drama mixing folk tales and realism, with Danny Glover.
Sinekatalog’s take
A rich, mysterious and sharply observed family drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (3,614 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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