A Soldier's Story
1984 · directed by Norman Jewison
- Rating
- 73/100
- Hit
- no
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.
A Soldier's Story (1984), directed by Norman Jewison, rates 73/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Howard Rollins
- Adolph Caesar
- Art Evans
- Robert Townsend
- Denzel Washington
- David Alan Grier
- David Harris
- Dennis Lipscomb
- Patti LaBelle
- Wings Hauser
Crew
- Russell Boyd — Director of Photography
- Caroline Biggerstaff — Editor
- Mark Warner — Editor
- Herbie Hancock — Original Music Composer
- Charles Fuller — Screenplay
More from Norman Jewison
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) — 94/100 · hit
- Moonstruck (1987) — 77/100
- Fiddler on the Roof (1971) — 77/100
- The Hurricane (1999) — 76/100
- The Cincinnati Kid (1965) — 73/100
- Dinner with Friends (2001) — 72/100
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