Do the Right Thing

Released Year: 1989

Certificate: R

Runtime: 120 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 93

Director: Spike Lee

Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson

No of Votes: 89429

Gross: 27545445

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.

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