Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a decorated African American war hero, returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal.


Director: Carl Franklin
Writers: Carl Franklin, Walter Mosley
Starring: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin, Terry Kinney