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.
1984 | 101m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Norman Jewison |
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| Writer: | Charles Fuller |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 14, 1984 |
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| Director: | Norman Jewison |
| Writer: | Charles Fuller |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | world war ii, louisiana, dead soldier, based on play or musical, racist, flashback, revenge, boot camp, blunt, taunting, 1940s, military law, depressing, demeaning |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Caldix |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $21,821,347
Budget: $6,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Herbie Hancock | Original Music Composer |
| Russell Boyd | Director of Photography |
| Norman Jewison | Director |
| Bernadine M. Anderson | Makeup Artist |
| Dennis Dion | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Walter Scott Herndon | Production Design |
| Charles Fuller | Screenplay |
| Mark Warner | Editor, Editorial Staff |
| James Camomile | Special Effects |
| Caroline Biggerstaff | Editor |
| Thomas L. Roysden | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Norman Jewison | Producer |
| Chiz Schultz | Executive Producer |
| Ronald L. Schwary | Producer |
| Patrick J. Palmer | Producer |
| Charles Milhaupt | Associate Producer |
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