A Soldier's Story
Directed by Norman Jewison
In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.
- Released
- 14 Sep 1984
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Also known as
- Storia di un soldato, Historia de un soldado, Katonatörténet, Příběh vojáka
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Screenplay
- Charles Fuller
- Cinematography
- Russell Boyd
- Music
- Herbie Hancock
- Editors
- Caroline Biggerstaff, Mark Warner
- Elsewhere
- TMDB
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- Mystery
- Crime
- Drama
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Cast
Howard Rollins
Captain Davenport
Adolph Caesar
Sergeant Waters
Art Evans
Private Wilkie
Robert Townsend
Corporal Ellis
Denzel Washington
Private First Class Peterson
David Alan Grier
Corporal Cobb
David Harris
Private Smalls
Dennis Lipscomb
Captain Taylor
Patti LaBelle
Big Mary
Wings Hauser
Lieutenant Byrd
Larry Riley
C.J. Memphis
William Allen Young
Private Henson
