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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Crime Thriller Mystery

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

Release Date: 1995, September 29
Directors: Carl Franklin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Mundy Lane Entertainment, Mundy Lane Entertainment, TriStar Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Clinica Estetico, Clinica Estetico
Cast: Don Cheadle, Beau Starr, Jernard Burks, Tom Sizemore, John Roselius, Denzel Washington, John David Washington, Albert Hall, Kai Lennox, Barry Shabaka Henley, David Fonteno, Jennifer Beals

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book los angeles, california murder 1940s complex neo noir biting missing person framed for a crime aggressive jazz club egotistical private detective war veteran