Devil in a Blue Dress

1995
15
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Hard-boiled Detective Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

26K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 3 wins & 13 nominations total

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Trivia
ABC was planning a pilot based on the film, in 1998.

Goofs
When Easy and Mouse question Dupree, Mouse pours a glass of bourbon for him and screws the cap back on. Corks were still being used in 1948, and the screw cap was not in use until the 1970s.

Quotes
Mouse: You just said don't shoot him, right? Well I didn't, I just... I choked him. Easy, look- if you ain't want him killed, why'd you leave him with me?

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Showgirls/Canadian Bacon/Se7en/The Run of the Country/A Month by the Lake (1995)

Soundtracks
West Side Baby
Written by John Cameron and Dallas Bartley
Performed by T-Bone Walker
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from CEMA Special Markets

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Featured review

7/10

Heavy heat in the night.

Murder, politics, sex and scandal; and it is all about a girl in a blue dress. An out of work WWII vet(Denzel Washington)is trapped in a web of lies, backstabbing and flying lead when he agrees to look for a politician's girlfriend(Jennifer Beals). Some real good movie music by the likes of Memphis Slim, Duke Ellington, Roy Brown and Jimmy Witherspoon. Very apt support from:Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle and Lisa Nicole Carson. One steamy sex scene scorches and redeems.