Devil in a Blue Dress

Name: Devil in a Blue Dress
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1995-09-29
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.5

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

1h 42m English

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Devil in a Blue Dress

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

1h 42m English

★ #2,928 Drama Crime Mystery Thriller

#based on novel or book #war veteran #jazz club #murder #los angeles, california #biting #private detective #missing person #framed for a crime #aggressive #neo-noir #1940s #complex #egotistical

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.

Director Carl Franklin

Screenplay Carl Franklin Novel Walter Mosley

Budget $27,000,000

Revenue $16,140,822

Net Return -$10,859,178

Performance 0.60x budget

Net Loss

0x 1.0x (Budget) 2.5x (Est. Break-even)

* Movies typically require ~2.5x budget in ticket sales to cover marketing and theater splits.