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A Soldier's Story

1984, crime, drama, mystery

101 minutes

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...

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Cast

Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Captain Davenport

Adolph Caesar

Sergeant Waters

Art Evans

Art Evans

Private Wilkie

Robert Townsend

Robert Townsend

Corporal Ellis

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Private First Class Peterson

David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier

Corporal Cobb

David Harris

David Harris

Private Smalls

Dennis Lipscomb

Dennis Lipscomb

Captain Taylor

Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle

Big Mary

Wings Hauser

Wings Hauser

Lieutenant Byrd

Larry Riley

C.J. Memphis

William Allen Young

Private Henson

Scott Paulin

Scott Paulin

Captain Wilcox

John Hancock

Sergeant Washington

Trey Wilson

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

Crew

Art

Walter Scott Herndon

Production design

Thomas L. Roysden

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Bernadine M. Anderson

Makeup artist

Crew

Directing

Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison

Director

Editing

Mark Warner

Editor

Production

Charles Milhaupt

Associate producer

Chiz Schultz

Chiz Schultz

Executive producer

Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison

Producer

Sound

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

Original music composer

Writing

Visual effects

Dennis Dion

Special effects supervisor

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