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