Devil in a Blue Dress

1995 • 101 minutes
4.7
22 reviews
92%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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About this movie

Denzel Washington turns up the heat as a L.A. private eye in this steamy mystery from executive producers Jonathan Demme and Edward Saxon and director Carl Franklin. Washington stars as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue. And as soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse (Don Cheadle, in a star-making performance) find the mysterious Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), trouble follows.
Rating
R

Ratings and reviews

4.7
22 reviews
Beth Cause
30 June 2022
Enjoyable, authentic, captures the Black experience during the 1940s.
Peter Jochum (Pete J)
24 June 2020
Excellent, underated film that still holds up
6 people found this review helpful
Rudy L
8 February 2021
Smooth
2 people found this review helpful