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.
Denzel Washington
as Easy Rawlins
Tom Sizemore
as DeWitt Albright
Jennifer Beals
as Daphne Monet
Don Cheadle
as Mouse Alexander
Maury Chaykin
as Matthew Terell
Terry Kinney
as Todd Carter
Mel Winkler
as Joppy
Albert Hall
as Degan Odell
Lisa Nicole Carson
as Coretta James
Jernard Burks
as Dupree Brouchard
David Fonteno
as Junior Fornay
John Roselius
as Mason
