Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.

• Thriller
• Crime
• Drama
• Mystery

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.

Rating

6.5 / 10 (486 votes)

Release date

September 29, 1995

Runtime

1h 42m

Language

English

Director

Carl Franklin

Status

Released