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To Sleep with Anger

Not Rated
Drama
6.6/10(52 ratings)

An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

10-12-1990
1h 41m
To Sleep with Anger
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Main Cast

Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger. Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the science fiction action film Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987. In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.

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Carl Lumbly

Carl Lumbly

Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as television's first black superhero in M.A.N.T.I.S., Dick Hallorann in Doctor Sleep, NYPD detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama Cagney & Lacey, CIA agent Marcus Dixon on the ABC espionage drama series Alias, and as the voice of J'onn J'onnz / Martian Manhunter in the animated series Justice League, Static Shock, and Justice League Unlimited, all part of the DC Animated Universe. As a reference to his voice work as J'onn, Lumbly portrayed J'onn J'onnz's father, M'yrnn, on The CW's Arrowverse on Supergirl from 2017 until 2019. He also plays Isaiah Bradley, the first Black super-soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installments The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the forthcoming Captain America: Brave New World (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Lumbly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph OJ (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Known for her performances on stage and screen she earned acclaim for her role as Deena Jones in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls (1981), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Since 2021, she has starred as Barbara Howard on the ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, becoming the first Black woman in 35 years to win the award. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Vonetta McGee

Vonetta McGee

Vonetta Lawrence McGee (January 14, 1945 – July 9, 2010) was an American actress. She debuted in the Spaghetti Western The Great Silence and went on to appear in blaxploitation films such as Hammer, Melinda, Blacula, Shaft in Africa, Detroit 9000, and 1974's Thomasine & Bushrod alongside her then-boyfriend Max Julien. In 1975, she was Clint Eastwood's co-star in The Eiger Sanction. She was a regular on the 1987 Universal Television situation comedy Bustin' Loose, starring as Mimi Shaw for its only season (1987–88). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vonetta McGee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Ethel Ayler

Ethel Ayler

Ethyl Spraggins Ayler (May 1, 1930 – November 18, 2018) was an American character actress with a career spanning over five decades.

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Sy Richardson

Sy Richardson

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sy Richardson is an American film and television actor.Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film Tripwire. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies. He is also in They Live and played a tough L.A. County Sherrif in the gang classic Colors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sy Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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DeVaughn Nixon

DeVaughn Nixon

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DeVaughn Nixon is an American actor who became best known for his role in the romantic movie The Bodyguard. He starred in films like The Bodyguard and Sugar Hill, and then starred in numerous television series among which include: Disney series "Lizzie McGuire and "Mackenzie Falls". Description above from the Wikipedia article DeVaughn Nixon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
Charles Burnett
Writer:
Charles Burnett
Production:
SVS Films, The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Revenue:
$1,161,627

Key Crew

Producer:
Darin Scott
Producer:
Thomas S. Byrnes
Producer:
Caldecot Chubb
Casting:
Lauren Lloyd
Casting:
Gail Levin

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en