A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

101 mins | Drama, Crime, War, Mystery | Sept. 14, 1984

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.

A Soldier's Story

101 mins | Drama, Crime, War, Mystery | Sept. 14, 1984

A Soldier's Story
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Columbia Pictures, Caldix
Original title A Soldier's Story
Directors Norman Jewison
Writers Charles Fuller

Cast

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

Trey Wilson

as Colonel Nivens

Patricia Brandkamp

as Ida Nivens

Carl Dreher

as Bus driver

Vaughn Reeves

as Captain Estes

Michael Anthony Williams

as Barracks Soldier

Bobby McGee

as Barracks Soldier

Rick Ramey

as Barracks Soldier