A Soldier's Story

Name: A Soldier's Story
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Released: 14 Sep 1984
Rating: 6.80
Cast: Howard Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, Robert Townsend, Denzel Washington

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.

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.

Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Studio: Caldix, Columbia Pictures
Keyword: world war ii, louisiana, dead soldier, based on play or musical, racist, flashback, revenge, boot camp, blunt, taunting, 1940s, military law, depressing, demeaning
Cast: Howard Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, Robert Townsend, Denzel Washington, David Alan Grier

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