Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
Release: 1989-06-14
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 7.8
Drama
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Cast
Danny Aiello
as Sal
Ossie Davis
as Da Mayor
Ruby Dee
as Mother Sister
Richard Edson
as Vito
Giancarlo Esposito
as Buggin Out
Spike Lee
as Mookie
Bill Nunn
as Radio Raheem
John Turturro
as Pino
Paul Benjamin
as ML
Frankie Faison
as Coconut Sid
Robin Harris
as Sweet Dick Willie
Joie Lee
as Jade
Miguel Sandoval
as Officer Ponte
Rick Aiello
as Officer Long
John Savage
as Clifton
Samuel L. Jackson
as Mister Señor Love Daddy
Rosie Perez
as Tina
Roger Guenveur Smith
as Smiley
Steve White
as Ahmad
Martin Lawrence
as Cee
Leonard L. Thomas
as Punchy
Frank Vincent
as Charlie
Luis Antonio Ramos
as Stevie
Gwen McGee
as Louise
Steve Park
as Sonny
Shawn Elliott
as Puerto Rican Icee Man
Sixto Ramos
as Stevie's Friend
Nelson Vasquez
as Stevie's Friend
Joel Nagle
as Sergeant
Erik Dellums
as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
Nicholas Turturro
as Policeman (uncredited)
Crew
Spike Lee
Screenplay
Ernest R. Dickerson
Director of Photography
Bill Lee
Original Music Composer
Wynn Thomas
Production Design
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design
Eddie Smith
Stunt Coordinator
Spike Lee
Producer
Robi Reed
Casting
Skip Lievsay
Sound Designer
Danny Aiello III
Stunt Double
Jon Kilik
Line Producer
Millicent Shelton
Wardrobe Assistant
Nandi Bowe
Second Assistant Director
Dominic Marcus
Stunts
Eric Payne
Stunts
David S. Lomax
Stunts
Darnell Martin
Second Assistant Camera
John Newby
Camera Operator
Spike Lee
Director