Film

A Soldier's Story

1984 · 1h 41m · Mystery · Crime · Drama

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.

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

66

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.

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

• Norman JewisonDirector · Producer
• Charles FullerScreenplay
• Ronald L. SchwaryProducer
• Patrick J. PalmerProducer
• Chiz SchultzExecutive Producer
• Russell BoydDirector of Photography
• Herbie HancockOriginal Music Composer
• Mark WarnerEditor
• Caroline BiggerstaffEditor

A Soldiers Story 1984 TV trailer

Release date

September 14, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$21,821,347

Genres

Mystery, Crime, Drama

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