A Soldier's Story

1984

English

7.2

♡ 23

90%

82%

Action

based on play or musical

Norman Jewison Director

Patti LaBelle as Big Mary

Robert Townsend as Corporal Ellis

Denzel Washington as Private First Class Peterson

William Allen Young as Private Henson

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.