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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

6.5 IMDb 92% RT 78/100 MC
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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.

Best Release

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

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Director

Carl Franklin

Box Office

$16,140,822

Runtime

1 hour and 42 minutes (102 minutes)

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Editor's Notes

Note

S-Tier Criterion 4K. Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins in Carl Franklin's LA noir. Criterion handled the transfer.

noted Apr 8, 2026

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