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Devil in a Blue Dress ()

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A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.
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Easy Rawlins
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Dewitt Albright
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Daphne Monet
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Mouse Alexander
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Matthew Terell
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Todd Carter
Mel Winkler ...
Joppy
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Odell
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Coretta James
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Dupree Brouchard
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Junior Fornay (as David Wolos-Fonteno)
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Mason
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Miller
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Benny Giacomo
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Richard McGee
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Hattie Parsons
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Woodcutter
Nick Corello ...
Shariff
Kenny Endoso ...
Manny
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Frank Green
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Barbara (as Renee Humphery)
R.J. Knoll ...
Herman (as Robert J. Knoll)
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Football
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Barbara's Sister
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Terell's Chauffeur
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Carter's Secretary
Vinny Argiro ...
Baxter
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Sophie
Brazylia Kotere ...
Neighbourhood Woman
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Alphonso Jenkins (as Jeris Lee Poindexter)
Frank Davis ...
Butcher
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Cop in Car (as Matt Barry)
Mark Cotone ...
Cop in Station
Brian E. O'Neal ...
John's Band / Singer
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Nightclub Owner
Alan Craig Schwartz ...
Johnny
Steve Sekely ...
Abe
J.D. Smith ...
Pool Hall Owner
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Bootlegger
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carole Kravetz Aykanian ...
Woman in Black Dress in Ambassador Hotel (uncredited)
Jesse Beaton ...
Ramona (uncredited)
Gary Frutkoff ...
Man in Tuxedo in Ambassador Hotel (uncredited)
Shann Johnson ...
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Boy with Toy Rifle (uncredited)
Coffee Wright ...
Rita Cook (uncredited)

Directed by

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Carl Franklin

Written by

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Walter Mosley ... (book)
 
Carl Franklin ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Jesse Beaton ... producer
Jonathan Demme ... executive producer
Donna Gigliotti ... associate producer
Gary Goetzman ... producer
Thomas A. Imperato ... associate producer
Walter Mosley ... associate producer
Edward Saxon ... executive producer

Music by

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Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography by

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Tak Fujimoto ... director of photography

Editing by

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Carole Kravetz Aykanian ... (as Carole Kravetz)

Editorial Department

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Chris Figler ... first assistant editor
Moonstar Greene ... second assistant editor
Mo Henry ... negative cutter
David Rogow ... first assistant editor

Casting By

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Victoria Thomas

Production Design by

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Gary Frutkoff

Art Direction by

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Dan Webster

Set Decoration by

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Kathryn Peters

Costume Design by

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Sharen Davis

Makeup Department

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Edna Sheen ... key makeup artist
Jasen Joseph Sica ... hair stylist: Ms. Beal (as Jason Sica)
Kenneth Walker ... key hair stylist
Elaine L. Offers ... assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Scott Wheeler ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Charles Skouras III ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Mark Cotone ... second assistant director
Katterli Frauenfelder ... first assistant director
Eric Oliver ... second second assistant director
Eric Small ... reshoots
Tyrone S. Walker ... dga trainee (as Tyrone Walker)

Art Department

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Alan Baptiste ... set dresser
Will Blount ... property master
Monica Castro ... assistant property master (as Monica Ragan)
Martin Charles ... graphic designer
Daren Cornell ... painter
Louie Esparza ... Laborer
Marc Fambro ... carpenter
Cheryle Grace ... on-set dresser (as Cheryle A. Grace)
Gary Isbell ... leadman
Marisol Jiménez ... art department coordinator
Marik 'Travis' Little ... set dresser (as Mark Little)
Héctor López ... property assistant (as Hector Lopez)
Joel Osborne ... set dresser
Lauren E. Polizzi ... set designer (as Lauren Polizzi)
Greg Sanger ... set dresser
Cheryl Tyre Smith ... set designer (as Cheryl Smith)
Chris Snyder ... construction coordinator
Chris Alvarez ... welder (uncredited)
John Bullard ... propmaker (uncredited)
Randy L. Childs ... propmaker (uncredited)
Scott Garrett ... drapery foreman (uncredited)
Guy Hietala ... set painter (uncredited)
Steven Kissick ... carpenter (uncredited)
Tim Stadler ... painter (uncredited)
Wendy Weaver ... buyer (uncredited)
Gaylene West ... set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department

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David W. Alstadter ... foley mixer (as David Alstadter)
Stu Bernstein ... sound editor
Gary C. Bourgeois ... re-recording mixer (as Gary Bourgeois)
Claudette Cucci ... foley artist
John T. Cucci ... foley artist (as John Cucci)
Michael Dressel ... foley editor
Jessica Gallavan ... supervising adr editor
Robert Grieve ... supervising sound editor
Barbara Harris ... loop group coordinator
Dwayne S. Henkel ... boom operator (as Dwayne Henkel)
Mark Lanza ... sound editor (as Mark A. Lanza)
Stephanie Lowry ... assistant sound editor
Steve Mann ... sound editor
Linda Martin ... assistant sound editor (as Linda Martin-Spelta)
John Murray ... supervising foley editor
Roy Seeger ... assistant sound editor
Ken Segal ... production sound mixer
Douglas Shamburger ... cable operator (as Doug Shamburger)
Brad Sherman ... re-recording mixer (as Dan Sherman)
Dan Yale ... sound editor
Steve Bartkowicz ... re-recording engineer (uncredited)
Douglas Shamburger ... second boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Thomas R. Ward ... special effects supervisor (as Tom Ward)
Ralph Winiger ... special effects
Steve Cotroneo ... key artist: prop fabricator (uncredited)
Scott Coulter ... special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Marc Scott ... digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Brad Bovee ... stunts
Alex Brown ... stunts
Tony Brubaker ... stunt coordinator / stunts
Vince Deadrick Jr. ... stunts
Dick Hancock ... stunts
Joy Hooper ... stunts
James C. Lewis ... stunts (as Jim Lewis)
Vinita McClennon ... stunts
Dwayne McGee ... stunts
John-Clay Scott ... stunts
Gwynn Turnbull ... stunts
Big Daddy Wayne ... stunts
Shawn D. Woodyard ... stunts (as Shawn Woodyard)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Marty Branscomb ... loader
Malcolm Brown ... camera operator: "b" camera (as Malcolm M. Brown Jr.)
John C. Cole ... dolly grip (as J.C. Cole)
James M. Cox ... best boy electrical (as James Cox)
Yusef Edmonds ... loader (as Yusef G. Edmonds)
Jerry Enright ... rigging gaffer
Brent Lon Hershman ... loader (as Brent Lon Herschman)
Bob Rose ... key grip (as Bobby Rose)
Erich O. Rose ... best boy grip (as Erich Rose)
P. Scott Sakamoto ... camera operator / steadicam operator
Baird Steptoe ... first assistant camera (as Baird Steptoe Sr.)
D. Stevens ... still photographer (as D Stevens)
Bruce W. Talamon ... still photographer (as Bruce Talamon)
Gary Tandrow ... chief lighting technician
David Dunbar ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Moose Enright ... rigging electrician (uncredited)
Adam Glick ... set lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Matthew Barry ... casting assistant
Jeanne McCarthy ... casting associate
Terence Harris ... casting associate (uncredited)
Kate Dunn Kennedy ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Cynthia Black ... costumer
Cathy Crandall ... costume assistant: Ms. Davis (as Cathy Sutton)
Karen M. Davis ... set costumer (as Karen Davis)
Ira M. Hammons-Glass ... set costumer (as Ira Hammons)
Monica Haynes ... costumer (as Monica Haynes-Whipple)
Riki Lin Sabusawa ... key costumer (as Riki Sabusawa)
Mira Zavidowsky ... costume supervisor
Dorothy Bulac ... cutter/fitter: women (uncredited)
Eric Upshur ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Location Management

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Gary DeGalla ... location manager (as Gary De Galla)
Ronald Dellums ... location production assistant
Will Ehbrecht ... location production assistant
Christopher Lee ... location production assistant
Wayne Middleton ... location manager
Jacqueline Nadler ... location production assistant

Music Department

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Emilie A. Bernstein ... orchestrator (as Emile A. Bernstein)
Kathy Durning ... music editor
Stephen Gelber ... music researcher
Alex Gibson ... music editor
Dan Wallin ... scoring engineer
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Annie Welles ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Raymond A. McLaughlin ... transportation captain (as Roy McLaughlin)
Ken Peterson ... transportation coordinator
Larry Stelling ... picture car coordinator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Martine Beswick ... assistant: Mr. Franklin (as Martine Beswicke)
Sam Bruskin ... production assistant
Renee M. Clare ... production assistant (as Renee Clare)
Russell Clark ... choreographer
Mitchell El Mahdy ... first aid (as Mitchell El-Mahdy)
Anne C. Ford ... assistant accountant (as Anne Ford)
Tracey Hinds ... production assistant
Nancy Duvall Horne ... assistant: Mr. Goetzman
Karen R. Jones ... unit publicist (as Karen Jones)
Kathy McDonald Jones ... assistant production coordinator
Robin Jorden ... production assistant
Ricardo Lozier ... craft service
Peter McManus ... assistant accountant
Teri Rogers ... Self (uncredited)
Kirk Saduski ... assistant: Ms. Beaton
Tony Selznick ... choreographer
Steve Shareshian ... production accountant
Christa Vausbinder ... production coordinator
Fatima Washington ... production assistant
John P. Wehn ... production assistant (as John Wehn)
Darryl Wharton ... production assistant (as Darryl LeMont Wharton)
Gina White ... assistant: Mr. Washington
Randy Wiggins ... officer in charge: Los Angeles Police Department
Wayne Witherspoon ... production assistant
Richard Yett ... stand-in
Neda Armian ... assistant: Jonathan Demme (uncredited)
John V. Barrile ... production assistant (uncredited)
Michael Besman ... production executive (uncredited)
Facé ... production assistant (uncredited)
Pablo Ferro ... title designer: main title sequence (uncredited)
Miura Kite ... assistant to producer (uncredited)
Bill McCamey ... construction nurse (uncredited)
James Williams ... security (uncredited)

Thanks

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Cody Cluff ... special thanks: assistant deputy mayor entertainment industry affairs
Stephanie Liner ... special thanks: director Los Angeles County Film Office

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

It is 1948 in LA and Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, an African-American World War II veteran, is looking for work. At his friend's bar, he is introduced to a white man, DeWitt Albright, who is looking for someone to help him find a missing white woman assumed to be hiding somewhere in LA's Black community. This woman, Daphne Monet, happens to be the fiancée of a wealthy "blue blood," Todd Carter, who is currently the favorite in the city's mayoralty race. Daphne Monet is known to frequent the Black jazz clubs in LA. Easy, innocently, accepts Albright's offer; however, he quickly finds himself amidst murder, crooked cops, ruthless politicians, and brutalizing hoodlums. This is a Chandler-esque "who-done-it" with an African-American theme. Written by Joel Schesser

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Taglines Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le diable en robe bleue (France)
  • Teufel in Blau (Germany)
  • El demonio vestido de azul (Spain)
  • 블루 데블 (South Korea)
  • Djævel i blåt (Denmark)
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Runtime
  • 102 min
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Box Office

Budget $27,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia ABC was planning a pilot based on the film, in 1998. See more »
Goofs When Easy and Mouse question Dupree, Mouse pours a glass of bourbon for him and screws the cap back on. Corks were still being used in 1948, and the screw cap was not in use until the 1970s. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Showgirls/Canadian Bacon/Se7en/The Run of the Country/A Month by the Lake (1995). See more »
Soundtracks West Side Baby See more »
Quotes Mouse: You just said don't shoot him, right? Well I didn't, I just- I choked him. Easy, look- if you ain't want him killed, why'd you leave him with me?
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