A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story
1984MysteryCrimeDrama101 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 investiga... read more

  • Norman Jewison

    Director

  • Charles Fuller

    Screenplay

  • Russell Boyd

    Director of Photography

  • Mark Warner

    Editor

  • Caroline Biggerstaff

    Editor

  • 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

  • Trey Wilson

    Colonel Nivens

  • Patricia Brandkamp

    Ida Nivens

  • Carl Dreher

    Bus driver

  • Vaughn Reeves

    Captain Estes

  • Michael Anthony Williams

    Barracks Soldier

  • Bobby McGee

    Barracks Soldier

  • Rick Ramey

    Barracks Soldier

    • Runtime

    101 minutes

    Released

    1984-09-14

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Caldix

    Columbia Pictures

    Sound

  • Herbie Hancock

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    80 days ago

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