A Soldier's Story
Alone, far from home, and far from justice, he has three days to learn the truth about a murder... and the truth is a story you won't forget.
6.8(207) 1984-09-14 101 minMysteryCrimeDrama
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.
Original Music ComposerHerbie Hancock
ScreenplayCharles Fuller
DirectorNorman Jewison
ProducerRonald L. Schwary
ProducerNorman Jewison
ProducerPatrick J. Palmer
Cast & characters
Howard Rollins
as Captain Davenport
Adolph Caesar
as Sergeant Waters
Art Evans
as Private Wilkie
Robert Townsend
as Corporal Ellis
Denzel Washington
as Private First Class Peterson
David Alan Grier
as Corporal Cobb
David Harris
as Private Smalls
Dennis Lipscomb
as Captain Taylor
Patti LaBelle
as Big Mary
Wings Hauser
as Lieutenant Byrd
Larry Riley
as C.J. Memphis
William Allen Young
as Private Henson
Scott Paulin
as Captain Wilcox
John Hancock
as Sergeant Washington
Robert Tyler
as Private Seymour
Trey Wilson
as Colonel Nivens
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Patricia Brandkamp
as Ida Nivens
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Carl Dreher
as Bus driver
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Vaughn Reeves
as Captain Estes
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Michael Anthony Williams
as Barracks Soldier
Bobby McGee
as Barracks Soldier
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Rick Ramey
as Barracks Soldier
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Pat Grabe
as White Lieutenant #1
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Terry Dodd
as White Lieutenant #2
