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Devil in a Blue Dress

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

1995★ 6.5 · 4681h 42mThrillerCrimeDramaMystery

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.

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Cast

Denzel Washington
as Easy Rawlins

Jennifer Beals
as Daphne Monet

Don Cheadle
as Mouse Alexander

John David Washington
as Boy with Toy Rifle (uncredited)

Tom Sizemore
as DeWitt Albright

Terry Kinney
as Todd Carter

Poppy Montgomery
as Barbara’s Sister

Kai Lennox
as Football

Lisa Nicole Carson
as Coretta James

Barry Shabaka Henley
as Woodcutter

Albert Hall
as Degan Odell

Maury Chaykin
as Matthew Terell

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Release date: 1995-09-29

Budget: $27,000,000

Revenue: $16,140,822

Runtime: 1h 42m

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ThrillerCrimeDramaMystery

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