Devil in a blue dress, TriStar Pictures presents ; a Clinica Estetico and Mundy Lane Entertainment production ; a Carl Franklin film ; screenplay by Carl Franklin ; produced by Jesse Beaton and Gary Goetzman ; directed by Carl Franklin
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Devil in a blue dress, TriStar Pictures presents ; a Clinica Estetico and Mundy Lane Entertainment production ; a Carl Franklin film ; screenplay by Carl Franklin ; produced by Jesse Beaton and Gary Goetzman ; directed by Carl Franklin
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Devil in a blue dress
Oclc number
11319533373
Responsibility statement
TriStar Pictures presents ; a Clinica Estetico and Mundy Lane Entertainment production ; a Carl Franklin film ; screenplay by Carl Franklin ; produced by Jesse Beaton and Gary Goetzman ; directed by Carl Franklin
Runtime
101
Series statement
The Criterion collection, 1135
Summary
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 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"Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins, a decorated African American war hero, returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal."--Blu-ray.com
Technique
live action
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- Rawlins, Easy, (Fictitious character) -- Drama
- Mosley, Walter -- Film adaptations
- Crime films
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Private investigators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- African American men -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Feature films
- Detective and mystery films
- Fiction films
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- Mosley, Walter -- Film adaptations
- Crime films
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Private investigators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- African American men -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama
- Feature films
- Detective and mystery films
- Fiction films
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