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.
Writing | Carl Franklin | Screenplay |
Writing | Walter Mosley | Novel |
Directing | Carl Franklin | Director |
Camera | Tak Fujimoto | Director of Photography |
Editing | Carole Kravetz Aykanian | Editor |
Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
Production | Gary Goetzman | Producer |
Production | Jesse Beaton | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Sharen Davis | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Edna Sheen | Makeup Artist |
Art | Gary Frutkoff | Production Design |
Production | Donna Gigliotti | Associate Producer |
Sound | Dan Yale | Sound Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Kenneth Walker | Key Hair Stylist |
Production | Edward Saxon | Executive Producer |
Art | Kathryn Peters | Set Decoration |
Art | Dan Webster | Art Direction |
Production | Thomas A. Imperato | Associate Producer |
Sound | Gary C. Bourgeois | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Brad Sherman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Production | Walter Mosley | Associate Producer |
Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
Sound | Mark Lanza | Sound Editor |
Sound | Steve Mann | Sound Editor |
Production | Jonathan Demme | Executive Producer |
Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunt Coordinator |