Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

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Carl Franklin Director previously directed One False Move

A black private investigator searches for a white woman during the post World War II era in the late 1940's.

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You said don't shoot him, right? Well I didn't. I strangled him. If you didn't want me to kill him, why did you leave me alone with him?

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Denzel Washington Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins
Tom Sizemore DeWitt Albright
Jennifer Beals Daphne Monet
Don Cheadle Mouse Alexander
Maury Chaykin Matthew Terell
Terry Kinney Todd Carter
Mel Winkler Joppy
Albert Hall Degan Odell
Lisa Nicole Carson Coretta James
Jernard Burks Dupree Brouchard
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Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, is a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue. And as soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse, find the mysterious Daphne Monet, trouble follows.

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General Information Edit
Name Devil in a Blue Dress
US Release Sept. 29, 1995
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Runtime 101
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English
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Drama
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police
mystery
gangster
period piece
Rating R
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