A Soldier's Story
(1984)
Synopsis
A black soldier is murdered on a racially divided military base in 1940s Louisiana. An officer is brought in to investigate and discovers that anyone on the base, regardless of skin color, had a reasonable motive to kill the detestable soldier.
Directors
Norman Jewison, Russell Boyd, Greg Elam, Norman Jewison, Melvin Jones, Patrick Palmer, Ronald L. Schwary, Reuben Cannon, Peter Sova, Herbie Hancock
Production year
1984
Rating
PG
Studio
Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
Runtime
101 minutes
Cast
Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Dennis Lipscomb, Art Evans, David Alan Grier