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A Soldier's Story

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Calorie Rating: 142
Released: 1984-09-14
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Budget: 6000000
Revenue 21821347
Studios: Caldix, Columbia Pictures,


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.

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Cast

Howard Rollins
Character: Captain Davenport
Adolph Caesar
Character: Sergeant Waters
Art Evans
Character: Private Wilkie

Robert Townsend
Character: Corporal Ellis
Denzel Washington
Character: Private First Class Peterson
David Alan Grier
Character: Corporal Cobb

David Harris
Character: Private Smalls
Dennis Lipscomb
Character: Captain Taylor
Patti LaBelle
Character: Big Mary

Wings Hauser
Character: Lieutenant Byrd
Larry Riley
Character: C.J. Memphis
William Allen Young
Character: Private Henson

Scott Paulin
Character: Captain Wilcox
John Hancock
Character: Sergeant Washington
Trey Wilson
Character: Colonel Nivens

Patricia Brandkamp
Character: Ida Nivens
Carl Dreher
Character: Bus driver
Vaughn Reeves
Character: Captain Estes

Michael Anthony Williams
Character: Barracks Soldier
Bobby McGee
Character: Barracks Soldier
Rick Ramey
Character: Barracks Soldier


Production and Crew

Herbie Hancock
Original Music Composer
Charles Fuller
Screenplay
Dennis Dion
Special Effects Supervisor


Mark Warner
Editorial Staff
Walter Scott Herndon
Production Design

James Camomile
Special Effects
Charles Milhaupt
Associate Producer
Chiz Schultz
Executive Producer

Thomas L. Roysden
Set Decoration

Russell Boyd
Director of Photography