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Soldier's Story - no case
TitleSoldier's Story - no case
Year1984
Time101 mins
GenreDrama; Mystery; War
DirectorNorman Jewison
Edition
FormatDVD
ActorHoward E. Rollins Jr. as Captain Davenport; Adolph Caesar as Sergeant Waters; Art Evans as Private Wilkie; David Alan Grier as Corporal Cobb; David Harris as Private Smalls; Dennis Lipscomb as Captain Taylor; Larry Riley as C.J. Memphis; Robert Townsend as Corporal Ellis; Denzel Washington as Private First Class Peterson; William Allen Young as Private Henson; Patti LaBelle as Big Mary; Wings Hauser as Lieutenant Byrd; Scott Paulin as Captain Wilcox; John Hancock as Sergeant Washington; Trey Wilson as Colonel Nivens
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LanguageEnglish
PlotIn the towm of Tynen, Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. A military lawyer, also a black man, is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Captain Davenport must battle with deceipt and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill Sergeant Waters.
ProducerNorman Jewison; Patrick Palmer
WriterCharles Fuller
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Soldier's Story - no case