Directed by:
Carl FranklinScreenplay:
Walter MosleyCinematography:
Tak FujimotoComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin, Terry Kinney, Albert Hall, Lisa Nicole Carson, Beau Starr, L. Scott Caldwell (more)VOD (4)
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The bone-deep disillusionment of postwar film noir becomes a powerful vehicle to explore America’s racial injustices in Carl Franklin’s richly atmospheric Devil in a Blue Dress, an adaptation of the hard-boiled novel by Walter Mosley. Denzel Washington has charisma to burn as the jobless ex-GI Easy Rawlins, who sees a chance to make some quick cash when he’s recruited to find the missing lover (Jennifer Beals) of a wealthy mayoral candidate in late-1940s Los Angeles - only to find himself embroiled in murder, political intrigue, and a scandal that crosses the treacherous color lines of a segregated society. Featuring breakout work by Don Cheadle as Rawlins’s cheerfully trigger-happy sidekick, this stylish mystery both channels and subverts classic noir tropes as it exposes the bitter racial realities underlying the American dream. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Denzel Washington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/873/162873124_112c0f.jpg)
Denzel Washington
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Philadelphia (1993)
Man on Fire (2004)
![Tom Sizemore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/229/167229278_2bf69e.jpg)
Tom Sizemore
USA
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Heat (1995)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
![Jennifer Beals](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/678/162678558_bf3dab.jpg)
Jennifer Beals
USA
Best movies:
In the Soup (1992)
Runaway Jury (2003)
Four Rooms (1995)
![Don Cheadle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/419/164419352_f79c74.jpg)
Don Cheadle
USA
Best movies:
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Crash (2004)
![Maury Chaykin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433388_a8496d.png)
Maury Chaykin
USA
Best movies:
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Whale Music (1994)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
![Terry Kinney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/053/166053463_e1a6f5.jpg)
Terry Kinney
USA
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Sleepers (1996)
The Firm (1993)
Albert Hall
USA
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
![Lisa Nicole Carson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270936_8b5078.jpg)
Lisa Nicole Carson
USA
Best movies:
Life (1999)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
![Beau Starr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272011_00fd0a.jpg)
Beau Starr
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
![L. Scott Caldwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/463/164463755_bfd719.jpg)
L. Scott Caldwell
USA
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
Lost: The Final Journey (2010) (TV movie)
Like Dandelion Dust (2009)
![Barry Shabaka Henley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/616/162616214_e5c847.png)
Barry Shabaka Henley
USA
Best movies:
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Collateral (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
![Renée Humphrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/933/162933987_80c575.jpg)
Renée Humphrey
USA
Best movies:
The Cure (1995)
Mallrats (1995)
French Kiss (1995)
![Poppy Montgomery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/616/162616223_5756be.jpg)
Poppy Montgomery
Australia
Best movies:
Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story (2011) (TV movie)
The Other Sister (1999)
Life (1999)
![Brendan Kelly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274620_446e21.jpg)
Brendan Kelly
Ireland
Best movies:
The Rock (1996)
Con Air (1997)
Shot Caller (2017)
![Peggy Rea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/118/162118264_5849a2.jpg)
Peggy Rea
USA
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Walk Don't Run (1966)
R.J. Knoll
Best movies:
Crimson Tide (1995)
Major Payne (1995)
Orange County (2002)
![Matthew Barry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188113_5f5ed9.jpg)
Matthew Barry
USA
Best movies:
The Notebook (2004)
Ed Wood (1994)
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
![Kai Lennox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/160/161160963_0b9ef0.jpg)
Kai Lennox
Best movies:
Pleasantville (1998)
Boogie Nights (1997)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
![Joseph Latimore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/462/160462866_503dd6.jpg)
Joseph Latimore
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Outbreak (1995)
Down Periscope (1996)
![Mel Winkler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/428/161428246_c70d7a.jpg)
Mel Winkler
USA
Best movies:
Coach Carter (2005)
Dominick and Eugene (1988)
Across 110th Street (1972)