A SOLDIER'S STORY - BLU

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• Release Year: 1984
• Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
• Plot: Tensions flare in this gripping film about a murder on a black army base near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.), a proud black army attorney, is sent to Fort Neal, Louisiana, to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar). Through interviews with Sarge’s men, Davenport learns that he was a vicious man who served the white world and despised his own roots. Was the killer a bigoted white officer? Or could he have been a black soldier embittered by Waters’ constant race baiting? Directed by Norman Jewison from Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, A SOLDIER'S STORY is both a spellbinding mystery and a superb drama that transcends race.
• Cast: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, David Harris, Dennis Lipscomb, Larry Riley, Robert Townsend, Denzel Washington, William Allen Young, Patti LaBelle, Wings Hauser, Scott Paulin, John Hancock, Trey Wilson, Patricia Brandkamp, Carl Dreher, Vaughn Reeves, Robert Tyler, Pat Grabe, Terry Dodd, Warren Clements, James W. Bryant, John Valentine, Ronald E. Greenfield, Anthony C. Sanders, Traftin E. Thompson, Roy Wells, Tommy G. Liggins, Calvin Franklin, Kevin T. Mosley, Michael Williams, David Ashley, Thomas Howard, Bobby McGee, Rick Ramey, Lacarnist Hiriams, Norman Jewison, Charles Fuller
• Director: Norman Jewison
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures
• Media Format: Movie