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Devil in a Blue Dress

19951h 42mThriller · Crime · Drama · Mystery
directed by Carl Franklin

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

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6.5 / 10
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6.8 / 10
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78 / 100
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92%

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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.

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