Devil in a Blue Dress
1995 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 25,899 VOTES · DIR. Carl Franklin
Overview
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,113 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:16 And I needed money.
00:06:38 Just somebody I know. Businessman.
00:10:12 $1 00.
00:14:16 How you doing tonight?
00:18:05 Girl, what you talking about?
00:21:20 Get on away from the house!
00:25:35 Go on.
00:28:49 But she won't wake up.
00:32:12 So when I heard that the police had a suspect...
00:36:14 At the Skylar Apartments with a fella named Frank Green.
00:39:23 But you understand that...
00:45:33 Get me some whiskey.
00:49:12 Look, you seen her.
00:52:20 Wait a minute.
00:55:23 -I don't know any Frank Green. -You don't know Frank?
00:59:15 I done changed my mind. I don't need your kind of help.
01:01:54 It was a game to them.
01:05:09 I don't like your ass. And he give me $50.
01:08:04 She say...
01:11:25 Time was running out.
01:15:13 Get her in the car.
01:20:35 Shut up!
01:26:33 That just added insult to injury.
01:31:28 I ain't studying no job, Odell.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,113
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:03:16
Final line01:31:28
Production Record
DirectorCarl Franklin
LanguageEnglish
Budget$27,000,000
Revenue$16,140,822
IMDb votes25,899