As Lieutenant Eddie Souther, Bill Nunn saved the day as the heroic police officer who gets Deloris (Goldberg) into witness protection and later rescues her from the clutches of Vince. Previous to the film, Nunn had appeared in Spike Lee’s School Daze (1988). Lee and Nunn both attended Morehouse College. He made an impression in Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989), playing the ill-fated Radio Raheem. He also played a kind physical therapist in Regarding Henry (1991).