Devil in a Blue Dress
“Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.”
1995•R•1h 42m•6.5•Released
ThrillerCrimeDramaMystery
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.
Director
Carl Franklin
Writer
Carl Franklin
Budget
$27M
Revenue
$16M
Languages
English
Studio
Mundy Lane Entertainment
Cast
Denzel Washington
Easy Rawlins
Tom Sizemore
DeWitt Albright
Jennifer Beals
Daphne Monet
Don Cheadle
Mouse Alexander
Maury Chaykin
Matthew Terell
Terry Kinney
Todd Carter
Mel Winkler
Joppy
Albert Hall
Degan Odell
Lisa Nicole Carson
Coretta James
Jernard Burks
Dupree Brouchard
David Fonteno
Junior Fornay
John Roselius
Mason
Beau Starr
Miller
Steven Randazzo
Benny Giacomo
Scott Lincoln
Richard McGee
Production
Company
Mundy Lane Entertainment
Company
TriStar Pictures
Company
Clinica Estetico
Producer
Gary Goetzman
Producer
Jesse Beaton
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