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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) 6.5
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6.5/10 from 9,335 users
Metascore: 78/100
Reviews: 46 user | 45 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com An Afro-American man is hired to find a woman and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal. Director:Carl Franklin |
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Matthew Terell
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Todd Carter
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Joppy
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Degan Odell
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Coretta James
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Junior Fornay
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Benny Giacomo
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Richard McGee
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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 »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violence, sexuality and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
29 September 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El demonio vestido de azul See more »Filming Locations:
Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$27,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$16,030,096 (USA)Company Credits
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Easy Rawlins: Well Goddammit, He's about to get it back!
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Written by Bernard Hanighen, Cootie Williams & Thelonious Monk
Performed by Thelonious Monk
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, A division of Capitol Records, Inc.
Under license from CEMA Special Markets
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Trivia
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 »Goofs
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 »Quotes
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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Soundtracks
"ROUND MIDNIGHT"Written by Bernard Hanighen, Cootie Williams & Thelonious Monk
Performed by Thelonious Monk
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, A division of Capitol Records, Inc.
Under license from CEMA Special Markets
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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.