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Devil in a Blue Dress( 1995)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Denzel Washington

      Easy Rawlins

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      Tom Sizemore

      DeWitt Albright

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      Jennifer Beals

      Daphne Monet

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      Don Cheadle

      Mouse Alexander

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      Maury Chaykin

      Matthew Terell

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      Terry Kinney

      Todd Carter

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      Mel Winkler

      Joppy

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      Albert Hall

      Degan Odell

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      Lisa Nicole Carson

      Coretta James

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      Jernard Burks

      Dupree Brouchard

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      David Fonteno

      Junior Fornay

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      John Roselius

      Mason

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      Beau Starr

      Miller

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      Steven Randazzo

      Benny Giacomo

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      Scott Lincoln

      Richard McGee

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      L. Scott Caldwell

      Hattie Parsons

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      Barry Shabaka Henley

      Woodcutter

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      Nick Corello

      Shariff

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      Kenny Endoso

      Manny

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      Joseph Latimore

      Frank Green

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      Renée Humphrey

      Barbara

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      R.J. Knoll

      Herman

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      Kai Lennox

      Football

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      Poppy Montgomery

      Barbara’s Sister

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      Brendan Kelly

      Terell’s Chauffeur

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      Peggy Rea

      Carter’s Secretary

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      Vinny Argiro

      Baxter

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      Deborah Lacey

      Sophie

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      Jeris Poindexter

      Alphonso Jenkins

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      Frank Davis

      Butcher

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      John David Washington

      Boy with Toy Rifle (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

    7.5
    Written by John Chard on Fri Nov 20 2015
    Everyone was peeing on my head and telling me it's raining. Devil in a Blue Dress is written and directed by Carl Franklin, who adapts from the book written by Walter Mosley. It stars Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle and Maury Chaykin. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by Tak Fujimoto. Carl Franklin had already laid down a considerable neo-noir marker with his searing 1992 thriller One False Move, here he goes more traditional but garners equally impressive results. Plot has Washington as a WW2 veteran who has lost his job and desperately needs mon...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    27000000.00

    Revenue

    16140822.00

    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • war veteran
    • jazz club
    • murder
    • los angeles, california
    • biting
    • private detective
    • missing person
    • aggressive
    • neo-noir
    • 1940s
    • complex
    • egotistical