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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 29, 1995
Box Office
$16.1M
Budget
$27.0M
Return
0.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 9, 1999
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Mundy Lane Entertainment, TriStar Pictures, Clinica Estetico
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Cast
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Denzel Washington
Easy Rawlins
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Tom Sizemore
DeWitt Albright
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Jennifer Beals
Daphne Monet
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Don Cheadle
Mouse Alexander
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Maury Chaykin
Matthew Terell
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Terry Kinney
Todd Carter
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Mel Winkler
Joppy
A
Albert Hall
Degan Odell
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Lisa Nicole Carson
Coretta James
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Jernard Burks
Dupree Brouchard
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David Fonteno
Junior Fornay
J
John Roselius
Mason
B
Beau Starr
Miller
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Steven Randazzo
Benny Giacomo
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Scott Lincoln
Richard McGee
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L. Scott Caldwell
Hattie Parsons
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Barry Shabaka Henley
Woodcutter
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Nick Corello
Shariff
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Kenny Endoso
Manny
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Joseph Latimore
Frank Green
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See all →Caught in a Dangerous Secret
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Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.
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Crossing Boundaries in a Divided World
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In a world divided by black and white, Easy Rawlins is about to cross the line.
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