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Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress

Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.

19956.51h 42m

Overview

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

Directed by Carl Franklin
Written by Carl Franklin, Walter Mosley
Produced by Gary Goetzman, Jesse Beaton
Box OfficeBudget: $27.0MRevenue: $16.1M

Top Cast

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Easy Rawlins

Tom Sizemore

Tom Sizemore

DeWitt Albright

Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

Daphne Monet

Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

Mouse Alexander

Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

Matthew Terell

Terry Kinney

Terry Kinney

Todd Carter

Mel Winkler

Mel Winkler

Joppy

Albert Hall

Albert Hall

Degan Odell

Lisa Nicole Carson

Lisa Nicole Carson

Coretta James

Jernard Burks

Jernard Burks

Dupree Brouchard

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookwar veteranjazz clubmurderlos angeles, californiabitingprivate detectivemissing personframed for a crimeaggressiveneo-noir1940scomplexegotistical

About Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress is a thriller, crime, mystery film released in 1995 exploring themes of based on novel or book, war veteran, jazz club, murder, los angeles, california, biting. Directed by Carl Franklin, it stars Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals. In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

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