Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

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

Movie · Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery · 1h 42m · Rated 6.5/10 on TMDB · Released September 29, 1995

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

Cast

• Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins
• Tom Sizemore as DeWitt Albright
• Jennifer Beals as Daphne Monet
• Don Cheadle as Mouse Alexander
• Maury Chaykin as Matthew Terell
• Terry Kinney as Todd Carter
• Mel Winkler as Joppy
• Albert Hall as Degan Odell
• Lisa Nicole Carson as Coretta James
• Jernard Burks as Dupree Brouchard
• David Fonteno as Junior Fornay
• John Roselius as Mason

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