Where to watch Devil in a Blue Dress(1995)

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Devil in a Blue Dress plot summary

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

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.

Details

Release date

September 29, 1995

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Directed by

Carl Franklin

Country

United States

TMDB rating

6.5 / 10 · 483 votes

Devil in a Blue Dress trailer

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Cast

• Denzel WashingtonEasy Rawlins
• Tom SizemoreDeWitt Albright
• Jennifer BealsDaphne Monet
• Don CheadleMouse Alexander
• Maury ChaykinMatthew Terell
• Terry KinneyTodd Carter
• Mel WinklerJoppy
• Albert HallDegan Odell
• Lisa Nicole CarsonCoretta James
• Jernard BurksDupree Brouchard

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