Devil in a Blue Dress (film)
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| Devil in a Blue Dress | |
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| Directed by | Carl Franklin |
| Produced by | Jonathan Demme |
| Written by | Carl Franklin |
| Starring | Denzel Washington Tom Sizemore Jennifer Beals Don Cheadle |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 3, 1995 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Language | English |
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Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1995 neo-noir film directed by Carl Franklin. The cinematography was done by Tak Fujimoto. The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Walter Mosley.
In this noir Easy Rawlins (Denzel Washington) is an unemployed factory worker who becomes a private eye. He's hired to track down a missing woman, Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), the fiancée of politician Todd Carter. He finds himself in the middle of a dastardly conspiracy.
Easy's goal is to uncover why Monet is so important to so many people and, in the process, keep himself out of jail. Not an easy task for an African-American living in post World War II, Los Angeles.
[edit] Quotes
- Easy Rawlins: A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?
- Mouse: 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?
- Kid: What do you want? DeWitt Albright: What do I want? I want to see your brains.
[edit] Taglines
- Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.
- In a world divided by black and white, Easy Rawlins is about to cross the line.
