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.
Cast
Denzel Washington
Easy Rawlins
Tom Sizemore
DeWitt Albright
Jennifer Beals
Daphne Monet
Don Cheadle
Mouse Alexander
Maury Chaykin
Matthew Terell
Terry Kinney
Todd Carter
Mel Winkler
Joppy
Albert Hall
Degan Odell
Lisa Nicole Carson
Coretta James
Jernard Burks
Dupree Brouchard
David Fonteno
Junior Fornay
John Roselius
Mason
Beau Starr
Miller
Steven Randazzo
Benny Giacomo
Scott Lincoln
Richard McGee
L. Scott Caldwell
Hattie Parsons
Barry Shabaka Henley
Woodcutter
Nick Corello
Shariff
Kenny Endoso
Manny
Joseph Latimore
Frank Green
Renée Humphrey
Barbara
R.J. Knoll
Herman
Kai Lennox
Football
Poppy Montgomery
Barbara’s Sister
Brendan Kelly
Terell’s Chauffeur
Peggy Rea
Carter’s Secretary
Vinny Argiro
Baxter
Deborah Lacey
Sophie
Jeris Poindexter
Alphonso Jenkins
Frank Davis
Butcher
John David Washington
Boy with Toy Rifle (uncredited)
Trena Murphy
Uncredited
Matthew Barry
Cop in Car
Mark Cotone
Cop in Station
Brian E. O'Neal
John's Band / Singer
G. Smokey Campbell
Nightclub Owner
Steve Sekely
Abe
J.D. Smith
Pool Hall Owner
Nigel Gibbs
Bootlegger
Jesse Beaton
Ramona (uncredited)
Crew
Carl Franklin
Director, Screenplay
Walter Mosley
Novel, Associate Producer
Carole Kravetz Aykanian
Editor
Tak Fujimoto
Director of Photography
Jonathan Demme
Executive Producer
Edward Saxon
Executive Producer
Jesse Beaton
Producer
Gary Goetzman
Producer
Thomas A. Imperato
Associate Producer
Donna Gigliotti
Associate Producer
Gary Frutkoff
Production Design
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Sharen Davis
Costume Design
Kenneth Walker
Key Hair Stylist
Edna Sheen
Makeup Artist
Mark A. Lanza
Sound Editor
Steve Mann
Sound Editor
Dan Yale
Sound Editor
Brad Sherman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary C. Bourgeois
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Kathryn Peters
Set Decoration
Dick Hancock
Stunts
Gwynn Turnbull Weaver
Stunts
Tony Brubaker
Stunt Coordinator
Dan Webster
Art Direction
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