Devil in a Blue Dress

1995

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

Carl Franklin
1h 42m
September 29, 1995 · United States of America

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 29, 1995
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: TriStar Pictures,Clinica Estetico,Mundy Lane Entertainment
Cast: Denzel Washington,Tom Sizemore,Jennifer Beals,Don Cheadle,Maury Chaykin,Terry Kinney,Mel Winkler,Albert Hall,Lisa Nicole Carson,Jernard Burksand 29 more
Director: Carl Franklin
Writer: Walter Mosley,Carl Franklin
Producer: Jesse Beaton,Gary Goetzman,Jonathan Demme,Edward Saxon
Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
Music: Elmer Bernstein
Budget: $27,000,000
Revenue: $16,140,822
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