Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1995 crime drama movie. It is set in the summer of 1948 in Los Angeles. It is about a World War II veteran who has been unfairly laid off from an aircraft manufacturer. Denzel Washington plays Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a detective. Jennifer Beals plays Daphne Monet. It was based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Walter Mosley.