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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

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An Afro-American man is hired to find a woman and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal.

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Joppy
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Dupree Brouchard
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Junior Fornay (as David Wolos-Fonteno)
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Detective Mason
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Benny Giacomo
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Richard McGee
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Storyline

It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "Easy" Rawlins, an African-American World War II veteran, is looking for work. At his friend's bar, he is introduced to a white man, DeWitt Albright, who is looking for someone to help him find a missing white woman assumed to be hiding somewhere in LA's Black community. This woman, Daphane Monet, happens to be the fiancée of a wealthy "blue blood," Todd Carter, who is currently the favorite in the city's mayoralty race. Daphane Monet is known to frequent the Black jazz clubs in LA. Easy, innocently, accepts Albright's offer; however, he quickly finds himself amidst murder, crooked cops, ruthless politicians, and brutalizing hoodlums. This is a Chandler-esque "who-done-it" with an African-American theme. Written by Joel Schesser <joelsd@aol.com>

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


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Rated R for violence, sexuality and language | See all certifications »

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29 September 1995 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

El demonio vestido de azul  »

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$27,000,000 (estimated)

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$16,030,096 (USA)
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Based on the book of the same name by Walter Mosley. Mosley wrote several Easy Rawlins books. All but two - "Gone Fishin'" and "Six Easy Pieces" - include a color in the title of the book. See more »

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After Easy gets into the car when walking home, the car starts heading in the opposite direction of which Easy was walking. After Easy gets out of the car, he continues walking the same way the car was heading, rather than back to where he came from. See more »

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Joppy: Stop that! My Uncle left me that marble when he died!
Easy Rawlins: Well Goddammit, He's about to get it back!
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"ROUND MIDNIGHT"
Written by Bernard Hanighen, Cootie Williams & Thelonious Monk
Performed by Thelonious Monk
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Heavy heat in the night.
1 March 2003 | by (Muskogee OK) – See all my reviews

Murder, politics, sex and scandal; and it is all about a girl in a blue dress. An out of work WWII vet(Denzel Washington)is trapped in a web of lies, backstabbing and flying lead when he agrees to look for a politician's girlfriend(Jennifer Beals). Some real good movie music by the likes of Memphis Slim, Duke Ellington, Roy Brown and Jimmy Witherspoon. Very apt support from:Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle and Lisa Nicole Carson. One steamy sex scene scorches and redeems.


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