A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

1984 | 1h 46m | Drama, Mystery | TV-MA

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Brief Synopsis

Who murdered Sergeant Waters? Officers at a World War II Army base in Louisiana think they have the answer. One man is not so sure. Howard E. Rollins Jr. stars as the polished black military attorney sent from Washington to investigate.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Norman Jewison

CAST

Howard Rollins

Adolph Caesar

Denzel Washington

Art Evans

David Alan Grier

David Harris

Robert Townsend

Dennis Lipscomb

Patti LaBelle

Wings Hauser

PRODUCERS

Norman Jewison

Ronald L. Schwary

Patrick J. Palmer

WRITERS

Charles Fuller

Charles Fuller

Host Intros

01:32
Dave Karger Intro -- A Soldier's Story (1984)
Intro Aired: Jan 2019
TCM's Dave Karger introduces A Soldier's Story, 1984.
06:12
The Art Of Casting -- A Soldier's Story (1984)
Intro Aired: Nov 2018
Introduction and comments following A Soldier's Story, 1984, with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz and guests Juliet Taylor and David Rubin.

Related Videos

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Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Clip) White Folks In The Town
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Robert Townshend is Corporal Ellis, enthusiastic driver for Captain Davenport (Howard E Rollins), the prosecutor sent to Louisiana to investigate the murder of a black sergeant, and who must report to Colonel Nivens (Trey Wilson), who has an attitude, in A Soldiers Story, 1984, directed by Norman Jewison from Charles Fullers play and screenplay.
03:38
Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Clip) They Still Hate You
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Joining director Norman Jewisons opening, Patti LaBelle the maybe implausibly excellent vocalist in fictional Tynin, La, 1944, and Adolph Caesar the intoxicated African American Army drill sergeant whose murder forms the premise, Wings Hauser the white officer debriefing troops including Denzel Washington and Larry Riley, in A Soldiers Story, 1984.
Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Clip) PFC Melvin Peterson
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Investigating the murder of Sgt. Waters (Adolph Caesar), Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) deposes Private Peterson (Denzel Washington) who recalls a baseball game starring CJ (Larry Riley), in Norman Jewison's A Soldier's Story, 1984, from Charles Fuller's play and screenplay.
Soldier's Story, A (1984) -- (Movie Ciip) Crazy Kind of Hate
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Prosecutor Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) questions Private Wilkie (Art Evans), leading into a flashback sequence further exposing the character of murder victim Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar) in 1944 Louisiana, in A Soldier's Story 1984.

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