Devil in a Blue Dress
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Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1995 neo-noir mystery film starring Denzel Washington as private investigator Easy Rawlins, adapted from Walter Mosley’s novel of the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devil in a Blue Dress canonical | 7 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Walter Mosley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Devil in a Blue Dress (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins
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Don Cheadle as Mouse Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Beals as Daphne Monet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Tak Fujimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Carl Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Columbia TriStar Home Video
NERFINISHED
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TriStar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Caroline Biggerstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRating | R ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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mystery ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption
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identity ⓘ racial politics in postwar Los Angeles ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Easy Rawlins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | African-American private investigator ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of an African-American detective in classic noir style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Easy Rawlins film adaptations ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Easy Rawlins, an unemployed World War II veteran in 1948 Los Angeles, becomes a private investigator when he is hired to find a missing woman, Daphne Monet. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Gary Goetzman
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Jesse Beaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSource | novel ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-09-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 102 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Carl Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1948 ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Denzel Washington
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Don Cheadle NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Beals NERFINISHED ⓘ Maury Chaykin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Winkler NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Kinney NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Sizemore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| title | Devil in a Blue Dress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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