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19951h 42mREnglish

Devil in a Blue Dress

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

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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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DirectorCarl Franklin

Keywords

based on novel or bookwar veteranjazz clubmurderlos angeles, californiabitingprivate detectivemissing personframed for a crimeaggressiveneo-noir1940scomplexegotistical
Budget$27M
Box Office$16M

Cast

Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins

Denzel Washington

Easy Rawlins

Tom Sizemore as DeWitt Albright

Tom Sizemore

DeWitt Albright

Jennifer Beals as Daphne Monet

Jennifer Beals

Daphne Monet

Don Cheadle as Mouse Alexander

Don Cheadle

Mouse Alexander

Maury Chaykin as Matthew Terell

Maury Chaykin

Matthew Terell

Terry Kinney as Todd Carter

Terry Kinney

Todd Carter

Mel Winkler as Joppy

Mel Winkler

Joppy

Albert Hall as Degan Odell

Albert Hall

Degan Odell

Lisa Nicole Carson as Coretta James

Lisa Nicole Carson

Coretta James

Jernard Burks as Dupree Brouchard

Jernard Burks

Dupree Brouchard