Devil in a Blue Dress

About Devil in a Blue Dress

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs.

Carl Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1995 crime mystery film. Denzel Washington takes the lead as Easy Rawlins, Tom Sizemore as DeWitt Albright, Jennifer Beals as Daphne Monet, and Don Cheadle as Mouse Alexander.

It runs 102 minutes and was released in September 1995. Written by Carl Franklin. It was produced by Clinica Estetico. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under complex, missing person, private detective, and war veteran. It scores 6.5 out of 10 from 482 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Harper, and Shutter Island make useful companions to Devil in a Blue Dress, all filed under 1940s and neo-noir.