Do the Right Thing

Jun 14, 1989

2h 0m

★ 7.8

It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Do the Right Thing Trailers

Cast

Sal

Danny Aiello

Da Mayor

Ossie Davis

Mother Sister

Ruby Dee

Vito

Richard Edson

Buggin Out

Giancarlo Esposito

Mookie

Spike Lee

Radio Raheem

Bill Nunn

Pino

John Turturro

Paul Benjamin

Coconut Sid

Frankie Faison

Sweet Dick Willie

Robin Harris

Jade

Joie Lee

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