7.8
Le Samouraï
1967
“Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.”
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
September 29, 19951h 42mEN
6.5
452 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Carl FranklinWriters
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Original Language
English
Budget
$27.0M
Revenue
$16.1M
Production Companies
Mundy Lane EntertainmentTriStar PicturesClinica Estetico
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John Chard
7.5Everyone was peeing on my head and telling me it's raining. Devil in a Blue Dress is written and directed by Carl Franklin, who adapts from the book written by Walter Mosley. It stars Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle and Maury Chaykin. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by Tak Fujimoto. Carl Franklin had already laid down a considerable neo-noir marker with his searing 1992 thriller One False Move, here he goes more traditional but garners equally impressive results. Plot has Washington as a WW2 veteran who has lost his job and desperately needs mo…
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