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Devil in a Blue Dress   1995         R, 102 min. Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller Director: Carl Franklin   Cast: Denzel Washington, Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin, Lisa Nicole Carson, Mel Winkler, Terry Kinney, Albert Hall, Jernard Burks, Beau Starr, David Wolos-Fonteno, Scott Lincoln, John Roselius, Steven Randazzo   This is the film adaptation of Walter Mosley's novel about a Black man, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins" (Denzel Washington), who takes on the job of amateur detective after losing his job in Los Angeles during the late 1940s. De Witt Albright (Tom Sizemore) offers "Easy" money to find a White woman, Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), who was engaged to mayoral candidate Todd Carter (Terry Kinney). As he searches for Daphne, "Easy" finds himself not only in a racist world but surrounded by blackmail and murder as well and must rely on help from his friend Mouse (Don Cheadle) to find Daphne and, finally, to even save his own life. Cast Denzel Washington Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins Jennifer Beals Daphne Monet Tom Sizemore DeWitt Albright Don Cheadle Mouse Alexander Maury Chaykin Matthew Terell Lisa Nicole Carson Coretta James Mel Winkler Joppy Terry Kinney Todd Carter Albert Hall Degan Odell Jernard Burks Dupree Brouchard Beau Starr Detective Jack Miller David Wolos-Fonteno Junior Fornay Scott Lincoln Richard McGee John Roselius Detective Mason Steven Randazzo Benny Giacomo

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