A Soldier's Story (1984)
Mystery • Crime • Drama • 1ч 41м
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.
TMDB rating:
6.8
(206)
Cast
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
Robert Tyler
Private Seymour
Trey Wilson
Colonel Nivens
No photo
Patricia Brandkamp
Ida Nivens
No photo
Carl Dreher
Bus driver
No photo
Vaughn Reeves
Captain Estes
No photo
Michael Anthony Williams
Barracks Soldier
Bobby McGee
Barracks Soldier
No photo
Rick Ramey
Barracks Soldier
No photo
Pat Grabe
White Lieutenant #1
No photo
Terry Dodd
White Lieutenant #2
Crew
Norman Jewison
Director
Herbie Hancock
Original Music Composer
Charles Fuller
Screenplay
Norman Jewison
Producer
Thomas L. Roysden
Set Decoration
Chiz Schultz
Executive Producer
Charles Milhaupt
Associate Producer
Dennis Dion
Special Effects Supervisor
Walter Scott Herndon
Production Design
Bernadine M. Anderson
Makeup Artist
James Camomile
Special Effects
Ronald L. Schwary
Producer
Mark Warner
Editorial Staff
Mark Warner
Editor
Patrick J. Palmer
Producer
Caroline Biggerstaff
Editor
Russell Boyd
Director of Photography
Reuben Cannon
Casting Director
Gerald R. Molen
Unit Production Manager
Linda Dove
Sound Editor
Julie Feiner
Assistant Sound Editor
Gib Jaffe
Sound Editor
Dessie Markovsky
Sound Editor
Emile Razpopov
Supervising Sound Editor
Recommendations
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
2016
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
The Outfit
2022
Somewhere in the Night
1946
Hard Times
1975
The Night of the Hunter
1955
The Naked City
1948
A Call to Spy
2020
Courage Under Fire
1996
Blackmail
1929
Insomnia
2002
Patriots Day
2016
The Outsiders
1983
Brute Force
1947
D.O.A.
1949
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Similar
The Bridge
1959
I Stand Alone
1999
Carne
1991
Nowhere in Africa
2001
Primal Fear
1996
No poster
Náhrdelník
1966
To End All Wars
2001
The Cider House Rules
1999
All the King's Men
2006
West Side Story
1961
Chicago
2002
Raging Bull
1980
Rope
1948
Mississippi Burning
1988
Au Revoir les Enfants
1987
Rent
2005