Cast

Danny Aiello
Sal

Ossie Davis
Da Mayor

Ruby Dee
Mother Sister

Richard Edson
Vito

Giancarlo Esposito
Buggin Out

Spike Lee
Mookie

Bill Nunn
Radio Raheem

John Turturro
Pino

Paul Benjamin
ML

Frankie Faison
Coconut Sid

Robin Harris
Sweet Dick Willie

Joie Lee
Jade

Miguel Sandoval
Officer Ponte

Rick Aiello
Officer Long

John Savage
Clifton

Samuel L. Jackson
Mister Señor Love Daddy

Rosie Perez
Tina

Roger Guenveur Smith
Smiley

Steve White
Ahmad

Martin Lawrence
Cee

Leonard L. Thomas
Punchy
Christa Rivers
Ella

Frank Vincent
Charlie

Luis Antonio Ramos
Stevie
Richard Habersham
Eddie

Gwen McGee
Louise

Steve Park
Sonny
Ginny Yang
Kim
Sherwin Park
Korean Child

Shawn Elliott
Puerto Rican Icee Man
Diva Osorio
Carmen
Chris Delaney
Stevie's Friend
Angel Ramirez Jr.
Stevie's Friend

Sixto Ramos
Stevie's Friend

Nelson Vasquez
Stevie's Friend
Travell Lee Toulson
Hector

Joel Nagle
Sergeant
David E. Weinberg
Plain Clothes Detective
Yatte Brown
Double Dutch Girl
Mecca Brunson
Double Dutch Girl
Shawn Stainback
Double Dutch Girl
Soquana Wallace
Double Dutch Girl

Erik Dellums
Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)

Nicholas Turturro
Policeman (uncredited)
Crew

Spike Lee
Screenplay
(Writing)

Spike Lee
Producer
(Production)

Bill Lee
Original Music Composer
(Sound)

Ernest R. Dickerson
Director of Photography
(Camera)

Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
(Editing)

Robi Reed
Casting
(Production)

Wynn Thomas
Production Design
(Art)
Steve Rosse
Set Decoration
(Art)

Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
Matiki Anoff
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Larry M. Cherry
Hairstylist
(Costume & Make-Up)

Skip Lievsay
Sound Designer
(Sound)
Tony Martinez
Sound Editor
(Sound)
Steve Kirshoff
Special Effects
(Crew)

Eddie Smith
Stunt Coordinator
(Crew)
Andy Duppin
Stunts
(Crew)

Danny Aiello III
Stunt Double
(Crew)

Jon Kilik
Line Producer
(Production)
Monty Ross
Co-Producer
(Production)
Randy Fletcher
First Assistant Director
(Directing)

Nandi Bowe
Second Assistant Director
(Directing)
Mharaka Washington
Stunt Driver
(Crew)
Gary Frith
Stunts
(Crew)
Rashon Khan
Stunts
(Crew)
Erik Koniger
Stunts
(Crew)
Malcolm Livingston
Stunts
(Crew)

David S. Lomax
Stunts
(Crew)

Dominic Marcus
Stunts
(Crew)

Eric Payne
Stunts
(Crew)
Roy Thomas
Stunts
(Crew)
Preston L. Holmes
Production Supervisor
(Production)
Christopher Lopez
Second Second Assistant Director
(Directing)
Brent Owens
Location Manager
(Production)
R.W. Dixon
Unit Manager
(Production)
Lillian Pyles
Production Office Coordinator
(Production)
Robin Downes
Assistant Production Coordinator
(Production)
Susan D. Fowler
Production Coordinator
(Production)
Robert F. Nickson
Production Controller
(Crew)
Joe Gonzalez
Script Supervisor
(Directing)

John Newby
Camera Operator
(Camera)
Jonathan Burkhart
First Assistant Camera
(Camera)

Darnell Martin
Second Assistant Camera
(Camera)
Frank Prinzi
Camera Operator
(Camera)
George Pattison
Camera Operator
(Camera)
Bob Gorelick
Assistant Camera
(Camera)
Paul Reuter
Assistant Camera
(Camera)
Frank Stettner
Sound Recordist
(Sound)
Andrew Schmetterling
Boom Operator
(Sound)
David Lee
Still Photographer
(Camera)
Dennis Bradford
Assistant Art Director
(Art)
Pam Stephens
Art Department Coordinator
(Art)
Jeff Balsmeyer
Storyboard Artist
(Art)
Octavio Molina
Property Master
(Art)
Mark Paul Selemon
Props
(Art)
Kevin Ladson
Props
(Art)
Andrew Lassman
Props
(Art)
Scott Rosenstock
Leadman
(Art)
Keith Wall
Lead Set Dresser
(Art)
Jon Rudo
Assistant Set Decoration
(Art)
Anthony Baldasare
Set Dresser
(Art)
Michael L. Benson
Set Dresser
(Art)
James R. Bilz
Set Dresser
(Art)
Thomas Hudson Reeve
Set Dresser
(Art)
Martin Bernstein
Construction Coordinator
(Art)
Robert Ippolito
Key Grip
(Camera)
Paul Wachter
Best Boy Grip
(Camera)
Rex North
Dolly Grip
(Camera)
Rodney Bauer
Grip
(Camera)
John Archibald
Grip
(Camera)
Erich Augenstein
Grip
(Camera)
Donald Bialer
Grip
(Camera)
Roger Kimpton
Grip
(Camera)
Charles Houston
Gaffer
(Lighting)
Val DeSalvo
Best Boy Electric
(Lighting)
Serge Mihajlov
Electrician
(Lighting)
John O'Malley
Electrician
(Lighting)
Derrick Still
Generator Operator
(Crew)
James Boorman
Electrician
(Lighting)
Christopher Vanzant
Electrician
(Lighting)
Tula Goenka
Assistant Editor
(Editing)
Philip Stockton
Supervising Dialogue Editor
(Sound)
Jeffrey Stern
Dialogue Editor
(Sound)
Brunilda Torres
ADR Editor
(Sound)
Gail Showalter
Foley Editor
(Sound)
Alex Steyermark
Music Editor
(Sound)
Rudy Gaskins
Sound Editor
(Sound)
Eugene Gearty
Sound Editor
(Sound)
Bruce Pross
Sound Editor
(Sound)
Stuart Stanley
Sound Editor
(Sound)
James Flatto
Assistant Sound Editor
(Sound)
Marissa Littlefield
Assistant Sound Editor
(Sound)
Nic Ratner
Assistant Sound Editor
(Sound)
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
(Sound)
Karen Perry
Assistant Costume Designer
(Costume & Make-Up)
Jennifer Ruscoe
Wardrobe Supervisor
(Costume & Make-Up)
Valerie Gladstone-Appel
Seamstress
(Costume & Make-Up)

Millicent Shelton
Wardrobe Assistant
(Costume & Make-Up)
Marianna Najjar
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Andrea Reed
Casting Assistant
(Production)
Sarah Hyde Hamlet
Extras Casting
(Production)
Sam Mattingly
Unit Publicist
(Crew)
Cheryl Ann Scott
Craft Service
(Crew)
Bob Hagans
Color Timer
(Editing)
John Nicolard
Color Timer
(Editing)
Jeffrey Rollins
Set Dresser
(Art)
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)

Spike Lee
Director
(Directing)
