Devil in a Blue Dress
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 (3)
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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)
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Devil in a Blue Dress
Music from the Motion Picture
Label: Columbia Records
Year: 1995
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 37:47
| 1. | "West Side Baby" - T-Bone Walker | 02:45 | |
| 2. | "Ain't Nobody's Business" - Jimmy Witherspoon | 02:54 | |
| 3. | "Hy-Ah Su" - Duke Ellington | 02:53 | |
| 4. | "Hop, Skip And Jump" - Roy Milton | 02:34 | |
| 5. | "Good Rockin' Tonight" - Wynonie Harris | 02:46 | |
| 6. | "Blues After Hours" - Pee Wee Crayton | 02:29 | |
| 7. | "I Can't Go On Without You" - Bull Moose Jackson | 02:59 | |
| 8. | "'Round Midnight" - Thelonious Monk | 03:10 | |
| 9. | "Chicken Shack Boogie" - Amos Milburn | 02:50 | |
| 10. | "Messin' Around" - Memphis Slim | 03:03 | |
| 11. | "Chica Boo" - Lloyd Glenn | 02:22 | |
| 12. | Theme From "Devil In A Blue Dress" | Elmer Bernstein | 02:31 |
| 13. | Malibu Chase | Elmer Bernstein | 01:29 |
| 14. | End Credits | Elmer Bernstein | 03:02 |