Devil in a Blue Dress

September. 29,1995      R
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Denzel Washington as  Easy Rawlins
Tom Sizemore as  DeWitt Albright
Jennifer Beals as  Daphne Monet
Don Cheadle as  Mouse Alexander
Maury Chaykin as  Matthew Terell
Terry Kinney as  Todd Carter
Mel Winkler as  Joppy
Albert Hall as  Degan Odell
Lisa Nicole Carson as  Coretta James
Jernard Burks as  Dupree Brouchard

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