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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
6.5
Ratings: 6.5/10 from 8,225 users
Metascore:
78/100
Reviews: 44 user | 45 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com An Afro-American man is hired to find a woman and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal. Director:Carl Franklin |
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Joppy
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Coretta James
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Junior Fornay
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Detective Mason
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Benny Giacomo
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Richard McGee
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Storyline
It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "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, Daphane Monet, happens to be the fiancée of a wealthy "blue blood," Todd Carter, who is currently the favorite in the city's mayoralty race. Daphane 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 <joelsd@aol.com>
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In a world divided by black and white, Easy Rawlins is about to cross the line. See more »Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
El demonio vestido de azul See more »Filming Locations:
Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$27,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$16,030,096 (USA)Company Credits
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Written and Performed by Lloyd Glenn
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ABC in 1998 was planning a pilot based on the film. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The scene after Easy and Daphne are in McGee's house (where they find his body), Easy pulls into his driveway and gets out of the car. He looks left to see a gray convertible on the street. When he comes to his front door, the view changes and you see the same car with a (hard) top, over Easy's left shoulder. After the people in the house leave, the car is once again a convertible. Clearly they used two identical cars in this scene. One convertible, one not. See more »Quotes
Mouse: You said don't shoot him, right? Well I didn't; I choked... If you didn't want me to kill him, why did you leave me alone with him?See more »
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"CHICA BOO"Written and Performed by Lloyd Glenn
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