Devil in a Blue Dress

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Directed by

Carl Franklin

Writing credits (WGA)

Walter Mosley (book)
Carl Franklin (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 September 1995 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:

Crime / Mystery / Thriller more
Tagline:

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

It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "Easy" Rawlins, an African-American World War II veteran, is looking for work. At his friend's bar, he is introduced to a white man, DeWitt Albright, who is looking for someone to help him find a missing white woman assumed to be hiding somewhere in LA's Black community. This woman, Daphane Monet, happens to be the fiancée of a wealthy "blue blood," Todd Carter, who is currently the favorite in the city's mayoralty race. Daphane Monet is known to frequent the Black jazz clubs in LA. Easy, innocently, accepts Albright's offer; however, he quickly finds himself amidst murder, crooked cops, ruthless politicians, and brutalizing hoodlums. This is a Chandler-esque "who-done-it" with an African-American theme.

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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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Brilliant movie.

Denzel as Easy Rawlins was fantastic as he always he is regardless of the film. Tom Sizemore showed why he is a solid supporting actor.

Don Cheadle stole the show.

Jennifer Beals kind of felt miscast. She isn't that smoky hot woman they tried to portray. All she fit was the part black, part white woman.

7/10