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Devil in a Blue Dress
Description
An Afro-American man is hired to find a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue.
An Afro-American man is hired to find a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue.
Actors:
L. Scott Caldwell,
Kenny Endoso,
Barry Shabaka Henley,
G. Smokey Campbell,
Kai Lennox,
Scott Lincoln,
Coffee Wright
L. Scott Caldwell
17 April 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Kenny Endoso
22 July 1940, Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
Barry Shabaka Henley
15 September 1954, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
G. Smokey Campbell
Kai Lennox
Scott Lincoln
Coffee Wright
Country:
United States
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Flipside Movie Emporium
August 29, 2005
Great, grand piece of modern noir, with a unique twist that rethinks the genre even as it honors its finest elements. Great performances all around.
September 01, 2009
Invoking social realism more than pulp fiction, Carl Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress is an innovative genre film on several counts.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
The role of Easy looks as tailor-made for Mr. Washington as his suit, and it shows off the full effect of this actor's movie-star dazzle.
August 15, 2002
A fluid, persuasive piece of movie-making graced with the considerable visual sophistication.
March 24, 2011
Stylish neo-noir.
Variety
March 26, 2009
Entering the main flow of the story relatively late, Don Cheadle steals all his scenes as a live-wire, trigger-happy old buddy of Easy's from Texas, while Sizemore and Mel Winkler, as colorful underworld figures, make strong impressions.
June 13, 2008
In the aftermath of the Oscars, it now seems clear that Devil in a Blue Dress was one of the best films of 1995.
June 18, 2002
The film also does a convincing job of re-creating Los Angeles of 1948 with both specificity and poetry.
June 19, 2006
Carl Franklin's unusually creative studio movie, boasting superlative acting from Denzel Washington and particularly newcomer Don Cheadle, reinvents a genre and a bygone era, in this case, Los Angeles circa 1948.
January 26, 2006
Sheer pleasure.
Globe and Mail
April 12, 2002
A bland, workaday detective flick.