A Soldier's Story
Released
September 14, 1984
Runtime: 1h 41m
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.
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Cast & Crew
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
Scott Paulin
Captain Wilcox
John Hancock
Sergeant Washington
Robert Tyler
Private Seymour
Trey Wilson
Colonel Nivens
- PB
Patricia Brandkamp
Ida Nivens
- CD
Carl Dreher
Bus driver
Norman Jewison
Director
- CF
Charles Fuller
Screenplay
Media
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