Do the Right Thing Not rated yet! Do the Right Thing 19892 h 00 min Click an icon to see more Overview On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. Metadata Director Spike Lee Runtime 2 h 00 min Release Date 30 June 1989 Details Movie Media — Movie Status — Movie Rating — Images No images were imported for this movie. Actors Starring: Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Edson, Spike Lee, Ruby Dee, Bill Nunn, Paul Benjamin, Rosie Perez, Robin Harris, Frankie Faison, Steve White, Leonard L. Thomas, Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro, Martin Lawrence, Joie Lee, Frank Vincent