
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
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- R
- 1h 42min
- Crime, Drama
- 29 Sep 1995 (USA)
- Movie
- 3 wins & 13 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Denzel Washington | ... |
Easy Rawlins
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Tom Sizemore | ... |
Dewitt Albright
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Jennifer Beals | ... |
Daphne Monet
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Don Cheadle | ... |
Mouse Alexander
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Maury Chaykin | ... |
Matthew Terell
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Terry Kinney | ... |
Todd Carter
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Mel Winkler | ... |
Joppy
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Albert Hall | ... |
Odell
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Lisa Nicole Carson | ... |
Coretta James
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Jernard Burks | ... |
Dupree Brouchard
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David Fonteno | ... |
Junior Fornay
(as David Wolos-Fonteno)
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John Roselius | ... |
Mason
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Beau Starr | ... |
Miller
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Steven Randazzo | ... |
Benny Giacomo
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Scott Lincoln | ... |
Richard McGee
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L. Scott Caldwell | ... |
Hattie Parsons
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Barry Shabaka Henley | ... |
Woodcutter
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Nick Corello | ... |
Shariff
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Kenny Endoso | ... |
Manny
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Joseph Latimore | ... |
Frank Green
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Renée Humphrey | ... |
Barbara
(as Renee Humphery)
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R.J. Knoll | ... |
Herman
(as Robert J. Knoll)
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Kai Lennox | ... |
Football
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Poppy Montgomery | ... |
Barbara's Sister
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Brendan Kelly | ... |
Terell's Chauffeur
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Peggy Rea | ... |
Carter's Secretary
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Vinny Argiro | ... |
Baxter
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Deborah Lacey | ... |
Sophie
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Brazylia Kotere | ... |
Neighbourhood Woman
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Jeris Poindexter | ... |
Alphonso Jenkins
(as Jeris Lee Poindexter)
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Frank Davis | ... |
Butcher
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Matthew Barry | ... |
Cop in Car
(as Matt Barry)
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Mark Cotone | ... |
Cop in Station
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Brian E. O'Neal | ... |
John's Band / Singer
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G. Smokey Campbell | ... |
Nightclub Owner
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Alan Craig Schwartz | ... |
Johnny
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Steve Sekely | ... |
Abe
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J.D. Smith | ... |
Pool Hall Owner
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Nigel Gibbs | ... |
Bootlegger
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Carole Kravetz Aykanian | ... |
Woman in Black Dress in Ambassador Hotel (uncredited)
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Jesse Beaton | ... |
Ramona (uncredited)
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Gary Frutkoff | ... |
Man in Tuxedo in Ambassador Hotel (uncredited)
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Shann Johnson | ... |
(uncredited)
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Tony Pearson | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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John David Washington | ... |
Boy with Toy Rifle (uncredited)
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Chelley Williams | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Coffee Wright | ... |
Rita Cook (uncredited)
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Directed by
Carl Franklin |
Written by
Walter Mosley | ... | (book) |
Carl Franklin | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Jesse Beaton | ... | producer |
Jonathan Demme | ... | executive producer |
Donna Gigliotti | ... | associate producer |
Gary Goetzman | ... | producer |
Thomas A. Imperato | ... | associate producer |
Walter Mosley | ... | associate producer |
Edward Saxon | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Elmer Bernstein |
Cinematography by
Tak Fujimoto | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Carole Kravetz Aykanian | ... | (as Carole Kravetz) |
Editorial Department
Chris Figler | ... | first assistant editor |
Moonstar Greene | ... | second assistant editor |
Mo Henry | ... | negative cutter |
David Rogow | ... | first assistant editor |
Casting By
Victoria Thomas |
Production Design by
Gary Frutkoff |
Art Direction by
Dan Webster |
Set Decoration by
Kathryn Peters |
Costume Design by
Sharen Davis |
Makeup Department
Edna Sheen | ... | key makeup artist |
Jasen Joseph Sica | ... | hair stylist: Ms. Beal (as Jason Sica) |
Kenneth Walker | ... | key hair stylist |
Elaine L. Offers | ... | assistant makeup artist (uncredited) |
Scott Wheeler | ... | special makeup effects artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Charles Skouras III | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Cotone | ... | second assistant director |
Katterli Frauenfelder | ... | first assistant director |
Eric Oliver | ... | second second assistant director |
Eric Small | ... | reshoots |
Tyrone S. Walker | ... | dga trainee (as Tyrone Walker) |
Art Department
Alan Baptiste | ... | set dresser |
Will Blount | ... | property master |
Monica Castro | ... | assistant property master (as Monica Ragan) |
Martin Charles | ... | graphic designer |
Daren Cornell | ... | painter |
Louie Esparza | ... | Laborer |
Marc Fambro | ... | carpenter |
Cheryle Grace | ... | on-set dresser (as Cheryle A. Grace) |
Gary Isbell | ... | leadman |
Marisol Jiménez | ... | art department coordinator |
Marik 'Travis' Little | ... | set dresser (as Mark Little) |
Héctor López | ... | property assistant (as Hector Lopez) |
Joel Osborne | ... | set dresser |
Lauren E. Polizzi | ... | set designer (as Lauren Polizzi) |
Greg Sanger | ... | set dresser |
Cheryl Tyre Smith | ... | set designer (as Cheryl Smith) |
Chris Snyder | ... | construction coordinator |
Chris Alvarez | ... | welder (uncredited) |
John Bullard | ... | propmaker (uncredited) |
Randy L. Childs | ... | propmaker (uncredited) |
Scott Garrett | ... | drapery foreman (uncredited) |
Guy Hietala | ... | set painter (uncredited) |
Steven Kissick | ... | carpenter (uncredited) |
Tim Stadler | ... | painter (uncredited) |
Wendy Weaver | ... | buyer (uncredited) |
Gaylene West | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Sound Department
David W. Alstadter | ... | foley mixer (as David Alstadter) |
Stu Bernstein | ... | sound editor |
Gary C. Bourgeois | ... | re-recording mixer (as Gary Bourgeois) |
Claudette Cucci | ... | foley artist |
John T. Cucci | ... | foley artist (as John Cucci) |
Michael Dressel | ... | foley editor |
Jessica Gallavan | ... | supervising adr editor |
Robert Grieve | ... | supervising sound editor |
Barbara Harris | ... | loop group coordinator |
Dwayne S. Henkel | ... | boom operator (as Dwayne Henkel) |
Mark Lanza | ... | sound editor (as Mark A. Lanza) |
Stephanie Lowry | ... | assistant sound editor |
Steve Mann | ... | sound editor |
Linda Martin | ... | assistant sound editor (as Linda Martin-Spelta) |
John Murray | ... | supervising foley editor |
Roy Seeger | ... | assistant sound editor |
Ken Segal | ... | production sound mixer |
Douglas Shamburger | ... | cable operator (as Doug Shamburger) |
Brad Sherman | ... | re-recording mixer (as Dan Sherman) |
Dan Yale | ... | sound editor |
Steve Bartkowicz | ... | re-recording engineer (uncredited) |
Douglas Shamburger | ... | second boom operator (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Thomas R. Ward | ... | special effects supervisor (as Tom Ward) |
Ralph Winiger | ... | special effects |
Steve Cotroneo | ... | key artist: prop fabricator (uncredited) |
Scott Coulter | ... | special effects crew (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Marc Scott | ... | digital compositor (uncredited) |
Stunts
Brad Bovee | ... | stunts |
Alex Brown | ... | stunts |
Tony Brubaker | ... | stunt coordinator / stunts |
Vince Deadrick Jr. | ... | stunts |
Dick Hancock | ... | stunts |
Joy Hooper | ... | stunts |
James C. Lewis | ... | stunts (as Jim Lewis) |
Vinita McClennon | ... | stunts |
Dwayne McGee | ... | stunts |
John-Clay Scott | ... | stunts |
Gwynn Turnbull | ... | stunts |
Big Daddy Wayne | ... | stunts |
Shawn D. Woodyard | ... | stunts (as Shawn Woodyard) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Marty Branscomb | ... | loader |
Malcolm Brown | ... | camera operator: "b" camera (as Malcolm M. Brown Jr.) |
John C. Cole | ... | dolly grip (as J.C. Cole) |
James M. Cox | ... | best boy electrical (as James Cox) |
Yusef Edmonds | ... | loader (as Yusef G. Edmonds) |
Jerry Enright | ... | rigging gaffer |
Brent Lon Hershman | ... | loader (as Brent Lon Herschman) |
Bob Rose | ... | key grip (as Bobby Rose) |
Erich O. Rose | ... | best boy grip (as Erich Rose) |
P. Scott Sakamoto | ... | camera operator / steadicam operator |
Baird Steptoe | ... | first assistant camera (as Baird Steptoe Sr.) |
D. Stevens | ... | still photographer (as D Stevens) |
Bruce W. Talamon | ... | still photographer (as Bruce Talamon) |
Gary Tandrow | ... | chief lighting technician |
David Dunbar | ... | lighting technician (uncredited) |
Moose Enright | ... | rigging electrician (uncredited) |
Adam Glick | ... | set lighting technician (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Matthew Barry | ... | casting assistant |
Jeanne McCarthy | ... | casting associate |
Terence Harris | ... | casting associate (uncredited) |
Kate Dunn Kennedy | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cynthia Black | ... | costumer |
Cathy Crandall | ... | costume assistant: Ms. Davis (as Cathy Sutton) |
Karen M. Davis | ... | set costumer (as Karen Davis) |
Ira M. Hammons-Glass | ... | set costumer (as Ira Hammons) |
Monica Haynes | ... | costumer (as Monica Haynes-Whipple) |
Riki Lin Sabusawa | ... | key costumer (as Riki Sabusawa) |
Mira Zavidowsky | ... | costume supervisor |
Dorothy Bulac | ... | cutter/fitter: women (uncredited) |
Eric Upshur | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Location Management
Gary DeGalla | ... | location manager (as Gary De Galla) |
Ronald Dellums | ... | location production assistant |
Will Ehbrecht | ... | location production assistant |
Christopher Lee | ... | location production assistant |
Wayne Middleton | ... | location manager |
Jacqueline Nadler | ... | location production assistant |
Music Department
Emilie A. Bernstein | ... | orchestrator (as Emile A. Bernstein) |
Kathy Durning | ... | music editor |
Stephen Gelber | ... | music researcher |
Alex Gibson | ... | music editor |
Dan Wallin | ... | scoring engineer |
Louise Di Tullio | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Annie Welles | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Raymond A. McLaughlin | ... | transportation captain (as Roy McLaughlin) |
Ken Peterson | ... | transportation coordinator |
Larry Stelling | ... | picture car coordinator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Martine Beswick | ... | assistant: Mr. Franklin (as Martine Beswicke) |
Sam Bruskin | ... | production assistant |
Renee M. Clare | ... | production assistant (as Renee Clare) |
Russell Clark | ... | choreographer |
Mitchell El Mahdy | ... | first aid (as Mitchell El-Mahdy) |
Anne C. Ford | ... | assistant accountant (as Anne Ford) |
Tracey Hinds | ... | production assistant |
Nancy Duvall Horne | ... | assistant: Mr. Goetzman |
Karen R. Jones | ... | unit publicist (as Karen Jones) |
Kathy McDonald Jones | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Robin Jorden | ... | production assistant |
Ricardo Lozier | ... | craft service |
Peter McManus | ... | assistant accountant |
Teri Rogers | ... | Self (uncredited) |
Kirk Saduski | ... | assistant: Ms. Beaton |
Tony Selznick | ... | choreographer |
Steve Shareshian | ... | production accountant |
Christa Vausbinder | ... | production coordinator |
Fatima Washington | ... | production assistant |
John P. Wehn | ... | production assistant (as John Wehn) |
Darryl Wharton | ... | production assistant (as Darryl LeMont Wharton) |
Gina White | ... | assistant: Mr. Washington |
Randy Wiggins | ... | officer in charge: Los Angeles Police Department |
Wayne Witherspoon | ... | production assistant |
Richard Yett | ... | stand-in |
Neda Armian | ... | assistant: Jonathan Demme (uncredited) |
John V. Barrile | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Michael Besman | ... | production executive (uncredited) |
Facé | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Pablo Ferro | ... | title designer: main title sequence (uncredited) |
Miura Kite | ... | assistant to producer (uncredited) |
Bill McCamey | ... | construction nurse (uncredited) |
James Williams | ... | security (uncredited) |
Thanks
Cody Cluff | ... | special thanks: assistant deputy mayor entertainment industry affairs |
Stephanie Liner | ... | special thanks: director Los Angeles County Film Office |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia TriStar Film (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films (1996) (France) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films (1996) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1995) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films de España (1995) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1996) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Prooptiki (1996) (Greece) (theatrical)
- TriStar Pictures (1995) (United States) (theatrical)
- AVU-Video-Vertriebs-GmbH (2000) (Germany) (VHS)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1999) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2005) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD) (Superbit Edition)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1996) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1997) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (United States) (VHS)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (United States) (VHS)
- Encore Entertainment (1996) (United Kingdom) (video) (laserdisc)
- Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (1997) (France) (VHS)
- Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (France) (VHS)
- Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (2000) (France) (DVD)
- LK-TEL Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- LK-TEL (1996) (Argentina) (VHS)
- LK-TEL (2000) (Argentina) (DVD)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1999) (United States) (tv)
- SBS6 (2002) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (United States) (DVD) (double feature with "Arlington Road")
- Twilight Time (2015) (World-wide) (Blu-ray)
- Videosonic (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
- Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT) (1999) (Belgium) (tv) (VRT1)
Special Effects
- D. Rez Hollywood (visual and digital effects)
- Todd Masters Company (prosthetic effects)
Other Companies
- Casting All Cars (picture cars)
- Ken and Art's Catering (catering)
- C.A.S.T. Security (security)
- Curtis Management Group (courtesy of: use of images of Joe Louis)
- Technicolor (color)
- Panavision (camera equipment: lenses and Panaflex® camera)
- TriStar Pictures (author of this film/motion picture for the purpose of copyright and other laws)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Bill Dance Casting (extras casting)
- Chapman Equipment (camera cranes and dollies)
- Cinema Research (titles and opticals)
- Columbia Records (soundtrack)
- Direct Tools & Fasteners (expendables)
- J.L. Fisher (camera cranes and dollies)
- SDDS Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (in selected theatres)
- Sony Pictures Studios (post production facilities)
- Spectral Recording Dolby Stereo Digital (verify theatre format)
- Todd-AO Studios (score recorded at)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
It is 1948 in LA and Ezekiel "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 |
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Taglines | Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $27,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | ABC was planning a pilot based on the film, in 1998. See more » |
Goofs | When Easy and Mouse question Dupree, Mouse pours a glass of bourbon for him and screws the cap back on. Corks were still being used in 1948, and the screw cap was not in use until the 1970s. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Showgirls/Canadian Bacon/Se7en/The Run of the Country/A Month by the Lake (1995). See more » |
Soundtracks | West Side Baby See more » |
Quotes |
Mouse:
You just said don't shoot him, right? Well I didn't, I just... I choked him. Easy, look- if you ain't want him killed, why'd you leave him with me? See more » |