A Soldier's Story
Mystery
Crime
Drama
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.
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.
1984-09-14
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Cast
Director
Norman Jewison
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
Bobby McGee as Barracks Soldier