Devil in a Blue Dress
“Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.”
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. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
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Cast
39 people
Denzel Washington
Easy Rawlins
Known for
The Equalizer
Training Day
Tom Sizemore
DeWitt Albright
Known for
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Jennifer Beals
Daphne Monet
Known for
The Book of Boba Fett
Swamp Thing
Don Cheadle
Mouse Alexander
Known for
Iron Man 3
Crash
Maury Chaykin
Matthew Terell
Known for
Entrapment
Dances with Wolves
Terry Kinney
Todd Carter
Known for
Oz
The Watcher
Mel Winkler
Joppy
Known for
Coach Carter
The New Batman Adventures
Albert Hall
Degan Odell
Known for
Apocalypse Now
Malcolm X
Lisa Nicole Carson
Coretta James
Known for
Ally McBeal
ER
Jernard Burks
Dupree Brouchard
Known for
The Hangover
Léon: The Professional
David Fonteno
Junior Fornay
Known for
Morning Glory
The Interpreter
John Roselius
Mason
Known for
Lost Highway
Guarding Tess
Carl Franklin Director · Walter Mosley Author Elmer Bernstein Composer
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $27M · United States release September 29, 1995
Box office
Budget
$27,000,000
Worldwide gross
$16,140,822
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Mundy Lane Entertainment
Production
TriStar Pictures
Production · Studio
Clinica Estetico
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 16, 1995
Premiere · Toronto Film Festival
United States · September 29, 1995
Theatrical
Argentina
November 30, 1995 · Theatrical
Australia
February 8, 1996 · Theatrical
Austria
May 3, 1996 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 24, 1996 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 26, 1996 · Theatrical
Denmark
May 17, 1996 · Theatrical
Finland
July 28, 1996 · Theatrical
France
January 10, 1996 · Theatrical
Germany
May 2, 2000 · Theatrical
Greece
March 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 13, 1996 · Physical · (video premiere)
Italy
December 1, 1995 · Theatrical
Japan
February 10, 1996 · Theatrical
Mexico
March 9, 1999 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
September 5, 1996 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 5, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
October 19, 1995 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 1, 1995 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 12, 1996 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 7, 1995 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
January 12, 1996 · Theatrical
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