Movie
Devil in a Blue Dress
Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about Devil in a Blue Dress
Cast
Denzel WashingtonEasy Rawlins
Tom SizemoreDeWitt Albright
Jennifer BealsDaphne Monet
Don CheadleMouse Alexander
Maury ChaykinMatthew Terell
Terry KinneyTodd Carter
Mel WinklerJoppy
Albert HallDegan OdellCredits
- Directed by
- Carl Franklin
- Written by
- Carl Franklin, Walter Mosley
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $27M
- Box office
- $16.1M
Production
- Mundy Lane EntertainmentUnited States
TriStar PicturesUnited States
Clinica EsteticoUnited States
