The movie A Soldier's Story (Original title A Soldier's Story) has in the main roles on Howard Rollins (Captain Davenport), Art Evans (Private Wilkie), Denzel Washington (Private First Class Peterson), David Alan Grier (Corporal Cobb), Dennis Lipscomb (Captain Taylor), Patti LaBelle (Big Mary), Wings Hauser (Lieutenant Byrd), William Allen Young (Private Henson), Scott Paulin (Captain Wilcox), John Hancock (Sergeant Washington) The release date of the movie is 14.09.1984. This movie it is produced by Caldix, Columbia Pictures . Production countries: United States of America Movie Genre: Movies Mystery, Movies Crime, Movies Drama
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.