Devil in a Blue Dress
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (1995)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In Collection
#3718
0*
Seen ItYes
043396513495
IMDB   6.7
1 hr 42 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Denzel Washington Easy Rawlins
Tom Sizemore DeWitt Albright
Jennifer Beals Daphne Monet
Don Cheadle Mouse
Maury Chaykin Matthew Terell
Terry Kinney Todd Carter
Scott Lincoln Richard McGee
Jeris Poindexter Alphonso Jenkins
Joseph Latimore Frank Green
Deborah Lacey Sophie
Mel Winkler Joppy
Albert Hall Degan Odell
Lisa Nicole Carson Coretta James
Jernard Burks Dupree Brouchard
Director
Carl Franklin
Producer Gary Goetzman
Jesse Beaton
Jonathan Demme
Writer Carl Franklin
Walter Mosley


Denzel Washington stars in this adaptation of the novel by African-American crime author Walter Mosley , the first of his stories to reach the screen. Ezekiel Rawlins (Washington), known to his friends as "Easy," has just lost his job at an aircraft plant in post-WW II Los Angeles, a time when good-paying jobs for black men are hard to come by. He's wondering how to make his mortgage payment when he's approached by De Witt Albright ( Tom Sizemore ), who describes his job as "doing favors for friends." It seems that a woman named Daphne Monet ( Jennifer Beals ) has gone missing; Daphne is the former girlfriend of current mayoral candidate Todd Carter ( Terry Kinney ) and a known habitué of the black jazz clubs and night spots on L.A.'s Central Avenue. Albright offers Easy $100 to help him find Daphne, and while he doesn't have any detective experience, the price is right, so Easy agrees. Easy enlists the help of his friend Mouse ( Don Cheadle ), who seems to know just a bit too well how to use a gun, and begins searching for Daphne, which gives him all too clear a look at the lower depths of L.A.'s upper crust. — Mark Deming
Edition Details
Distributor Sony Pictures
Chapters 28
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color
Subtitles English; Portuguese; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
PORTUGUESE: Dolby Digital Stereo
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Dual Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Interactive Menus
Scene Selections
Theatrical Trailers
Director's Commentary
Don Cheadle's Screen Test