An African-American man is hired to find a woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal.
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Carl Franklin
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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) | |
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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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In a world divided by black and white, Easy Rawlins is about to cross the line. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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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 »Edit
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$27,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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1.85 : 1
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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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The weapons used by Mouse Alexander (Don Cheadle) are a British Webley Mark VI revolver in .455 caliber and a model 1903 Colt Pocket Hammerless automatic in .32 ACP caliber. At times the Pocket Hammerless is also used by Easy Rawlings (Denzel Washington). See more »Goofs
Several of the cars used in the background are post-1948 models including one with fins. 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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To call this one of the most underrated films of the last ten years, is an understatement. This film is up there with Chinatown' and L.A Confidential. .
Denzel Washington is cool, and smart. Don Cheadle is stand out as the cold killer with a smile, mouse.
But the real praise must go to Carl Franklin, who proves that One false move' was not just a fluke
As much as I liked the film 'L.A. Confidential' my problem with it was that a lot of black characters where being brutalised, without any chance to fight back. In this film they fight back. We have a black hero, someone who is as smart anyone else and in some cases smarter.
I hope that one day someone will film the rest of the Easy' Rawlins books.