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Devil in a Blue Dress
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5024165617328
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Number Of Discs: 1
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1995
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Editorial Review:
Despite rave reviews as one of the most stylish and intelligent detective pictures in a number of years, this 1995 adaptation of Walter Mosley's novel never found a mass audience. Too bad, because Carl Franklin's film is nearly perfect in every way, from its rich, shadowy look to its depiction of life in post-World War II black America (L.A.-style) to the acting of Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, and others. Washington plays Easy Rawlins, an aircraft factory worker who is laid off only to find his true calling: as a private eye, albeit an unlicensed one. Hired to find a missing woman, he becomes entangled in a complex but satisfying case involving sex, corruption, racism, and of course money. Top-notch from top to bottom--and Cheadle is dangerously funny as Easy's best friend, a killer named Mouse. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - IT'S JUST ME BUT:
YEAH DENZEL! GREAT MOVIE. JENNIFER BEALS WAS GREAT TOO. INTERESTING MOVIE ABOUT A MAN RETURNING HOME, AND BEING DRAWN INTO THINGS HE WANTS NO PART OF. OF COURSE THE THE BEAUTIFUL LADY IN THE BLUE DRESS IS JENNIFER BEALS.
Rating: - The NOIR in Film Noir
Film Noir is French for "black film" is it not?
In the tradition of The Big Sleep, Chinatown, Maltese Falcon, The Long Goodbye......
The first and only (as far as I know) that features a uniquely "Black American" cast and story line.
BEST line in the movie "If you didn't want him dead, you shouldn't have left him with me."
Watch This Movie... Buy this movie. I have 2 copies. Don and Denzel both rock.
Rating: - Denzel and Don Cheadle
This is a great movie with excellent performances by Denzel Washington, Jennifer Beals and Don Cheadle. Don Cheadle should have received an oscar and/or emmy award for his portrayal of Mouse. He gave a magnificent performance!
Rating: - One of my favorites
The mistake with this movie is the casting of Jennifer Beals. Denzel Washington walks and talks like an Ezy Rawlings. And Don Cheadle deserved an award for his portrayal. The early Los Angeles history is interesting, especially when viewed along with Chinatown.
Rating:  - Who played Coretta?
I've read all the reviews and still have to see one that mentions Coretta...who played her in the movie? I thought she was stunning.
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