An African-American man is hired to find a woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal.
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3 wins & 13 nominations.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Denzel Washington | ... | Easy Rawlins | |
| Tom Sizemore | ... | Dewitt Albright | |
| Jennifer Beals | ... | Daphne Monet | |
| Don Cheadle | ... | Mouse Alexander | |
| Maury Chaykin | ... | Matthew Terell | |
| Terry Kinney | ... | Todd Carter | |
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Mel Winkler | ... | Joppy |
| Albert Hall | ... | Odell | |
| Lisa Nicole Carson | ... | Coretta James | |
| Jernard Burks | ... | Dupree Brouchard | |
| David Fonteno | ... | Junior Fornay (as David Wolos-Fonteno) | |
| John Roselius | ... | Mason | |
| Beau Starr | ... | Miller | |
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Steven Randazzo | ... | Benny Giacomo |
| Scott Lincoln | ... | 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, Daphne Monet, happens to be the fiancée of a wealthy "blue blood," Todd Carter, who is currently the favorite in the city's mayoralty race. Daphne 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)
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Easy Rawlins: It was summer 1948, and I needed money. After goin' door-to-door all day long, I was back again at Joppy's bar trying to figure out where I was gonna go looking for work the next day. The newspapers was goin' on and on about the city elections - like they was really gonna change somebody's life. But my life had already changed when I lost my job three weeks before.
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Written and Performed by Lloyd Glenn
Courtesy of Tuff City / Night Train International
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When Easy gets paid by Albright the first time, the twenty dollar bills are not "Silver Certificate" twenties but "Federal Reserve Notes," which didn't come in until the '60s. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Easy Rawlins: It was summer 1948, and I needed money. After goin' door-to-door all day long, I was back again at Joppy's bar trying to figure out where I was gonna go looking for work the next day. The newspapers was goin' on and on about the city elections - like they was really gonna change somebody's life. But my life had already changed when I lost my job three weeks before.
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CHICA BOOWritten and Performed by Lloyd Glenn
Courtesy of Tuff City / Night Train International
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$27,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$5,422,385, 1 October 1995Gross USA:
$16,140,822Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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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.