Devil in a Blue Dress
"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.
Movie Details
Budget
$27.0M
$27,000,000
Revenue
$16.1M
$16,140,822
Languages
English
Studio
Mundy Lane Entertainment
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Key Crew
Carl Franklin
Director
Carl Franklin
Screenplay
Gary Goetzman
Producer
Jesse Beaton
Producer
Jonathan Demme
Executive Producer
Edward Saxon
Executive Producer
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
David Fonteno
Junior Fornay
John Roselius
Mason
Beau Starr
Miller
Steven Randazzo
Benny Giacomo
Scott Lincoln
Richard McGee
L. Scott Caldwell
Hattie Parsons
Barry Shabaka Henley
Woodcutter
Nick Corello
Shariff
Kenny Endoso
Manny
Joseph Latimore
Frank Green
