Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
“ Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town. ”
CINEMA1995-09-29
RegionUS
Runtime102 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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 m...
DIRECTOR / Director
Carl Franklin
KEYWORDS
based on novel or bookwar veteranjazz clubmurderlos angelescaliforniabitingprivate detectivemissing personframed for a crimeaggressiveneo-noir1940scomplexegotistical
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Denzel Washington
From historical drama and social cinema to Oscar-winning performances, action heroes and classical roles, he built one of American cinema’s most commanding screen personas.
Denzel Washington is one of the defining actors of modern American cinema. From historical and political roles in Glory and Malcolm X to dangerous figures in Training Day, Man on Fire and American Gangster, and later performances in Fences and The Tragedy of Macbeth, he has moved between mainstream Hollywood, Black cinema, stage adaptations and action films while developing a screen persona defined by authority, intensity, moral conflict and individual will.
