

Devil in a Blue Dress
1995 · Movie · 1h 42m · R
ThrillerCrimeMystery
"Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town."
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
78/100
Key crew
- Carl FranklinDirector
- Carl FranklinScreenplay
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Denzel WashingtonEasy Rawlins
- Tom SizemoreDeWitt Albright
- Jennifer BealsDaphne Monet
- Don CheadleMouse Alexander
- Maury ChaykinMatthew Terell
- Terry KinneyTodd Carter
- Mel WinklerJoppy
- Albert HallDegan Odell
- Lisa Nicole CarsonCoretta James
- Jernard BurksDupree Brouchard
- David FontenoJunior Fornay
- John RoseliusMason
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookwar veteranjazz clubmurderlos angeles, californiabitingprivate detectivemissing personframed for a crimeaggressiveneo-noir1940s























