Devil in a Blue Dress
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Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1995 American neo-noir film based on the novel of the same name written by Walter Mosley. In this noir, set in 1948 Los Angeles, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins is a World War II veteran who has been unfairly laid off at the inner tube factory. He becomes a private eye to make ends meet and pay for his mortgage.
- Directed and written (screenplay) by Carl Franklin.
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[edit] Easy Rawlins
- (This version is maybe from the script) 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?
- Like a man told me once : step out your door in the morning you are already in trouble, just the matter what you mixed up the top of that trouble, that's all.
[edit] Mouse Alexander
- 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?
[edit] Dialogue
- 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.
[edit] Cast
- Denzel Washington - Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins
- Tom Sizemore - DeWitt Albright
- Jennifer Beals - Daphne Monet
- Don Cheadle - Mouse Alexander
- Maury Chaykin - Matthew Terell
- Terry Kinney - Todd Carter
- Mel Winkler - Joppy
- Albert Hall - Degan Odell
- Lisa Nicole Carson - Coretta James
- Jernard Burks - Dupree Brouchard
- David Wolos-Fonteno - Junior Fornay
- John Roselius - Detective Mason, LAPD
- Beau Starr - Detective Jack Mille, LAPD
- Steven Randazzo - Benny Giacomo
- Scott Lincoln - Richard McGee
- L. Scott Caldwell - Hattie May Parsons
- Barry Shabaka Henley - Woodcutter
