Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)






Easy Rawlins has left the army after Word War II. Looking for a job he agrees to help Dewitt Albright to find Daphne Monet for $100. Daphne is involved with one of the mayoral candidates. The search brings Easy in a web of intrigues, murder and corruption and eventually he learns the truth about Daphne.


Books with substantial mentioning of Devil in a Blue Dress

Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell
Encyclopedia of Film Noir
Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007

John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Beth A. Fhaner and Christopher P. Scanlon (eds.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1996, 15th Edition. A Survey of the Films of 1995
Detroit; New York; Toronto; London, 1996

Reviews

Manohla Dargis, Devil in a Blue Dress, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 1 (January), 1996 pp. 38


Year: 1995
Country: United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0112857