What movie did YOU just FINISH watching?
Jan 20, 2021 7:42:10 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Jan 20, 2021 7:42:10 GMT
Devil in a Blue Dress 1995 directed by Carl Franklin and based on a novel by Walter Mosley. Starring Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maurey Chaykin, Terry Kinney and others.
Old-fashioned noirish crime detective story taking place in the late 1940's, with a difference.
It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "Easy" Rawlins (Washinton), an African-American World War II veteran, is looking for work. At his friend's bar, he is introduced to a white man, DeWitt Albright (Sizemore), who is looking for someone to help him find a missing white woman assumed to be hiding somewhere in LA's Black community. This woman, Daphne Monet (Beals), happens to be the fiancée of a wealthy "blue blood," Todd Carter (Kinney), who is currently the favorite in the city's mayoralty race. Daphne Monet is known to frequent the Black jazz clubs in LA. Easy, innocently, accepts Albright's offer, however, he quickly finds himself amidst murder, crooked cops, ruthless politicians, and brutalizing hoodlums.
I actually liked this movie, that sadly never found an audience at the time of release, and maybe a series of movies was originally planned too.
"In a world divided by black and white, Easy Rawlins is about to cross the line"
Old-fashioned noirish crime detective story taking place in the late 1940's, with a difference.
It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "Easy" Rawlins (Washinton), an African-American World War II veteran, is looking for work. At his friend's bar, he is introduced to a white man, DeWitt Albright (Sizemore), who is looking for someone to help him find a missing white woman assumed to be hiding somewhere in LA's Black community. This woman, Daphne Monet (Beals), happens to be the fiancée of a wealthy "blue blood," Todd Carter (Kinney), who is currently the favorite in the city's mayoralty race. Daphne Monet is known to frequent the Black jazz clubs in LA. Easy, innocently, accepts Albright's offer, however, he quickly finds himself amidst murder, crooked cops, ruthless politicians, and brutalizing hoodlums.
I actually liked this movie, that sadly never found an audience at the time of release, and maybe a series of movies was originally planned too.
"In a world divided by black and white, Easy Rawlins is about to cross the line"