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.
00:06:41 -Businessman, huh? -Yeah, he is.
00:10:21 $1 00.
00:14:26 -You know Coretta, don't you? -Sure, how you doing?
00:18:25 Coloured women ain't good enough for you no more?
00:22:38 -Mr. Albright, is that you? -Sure is. What's shaking?
00:26:06 What do you got?
00:29:10 Get out of here!
00:32:50 There was nobody else there.
00:36:51 Maybe somebody wanted to keep that secret.
00:40:20 Who was this guy Richard McGee?
00:46:33 You find him. I'll be checking in.
00:50:26 -I'm looking for Mr. Carter. -I'm sorry, he's a very busy man.
00:53:13 ...for her sake.
00:56:47 Hold it! Let's talk!
01:00:36 Ezekiel. Came to ask you a few more questions.
01:03:43 You killed McGee.
01:06:32 Why somebody wanna kill her like that? It don't make sense to me.
01:10:04 -Put the gun down. -No, I'm drunk.
01:13:59 -He didn't do it! -Sure he did!
01:17:47 He done this kind of thing out there before, so I guess so.
01:24:51 You said don't shoot him.
01:28:44 You'll have no trouble with the police.
07:00:00 They belong to me.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,113
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:03:16
Final line07:00:00
Production Record
DirectorCarl Franklin
LanguageEnglish
Budget$27,000,000
Revenue$16,140,822
IMDb votes25,899