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A Soldier's Story (1984) [PG]

Release Date:
September 14, 1984

Original Title:
A Soldier's Story

Alternate Titles:
A História de um Soldado
A História do Soldado
En soldats historia
Historia de un soldado
Historien om en soldat
I istoria enos stratioti
Katonatörténet
La historia de un soldado
Opowiesc zolnierza
Povestea unui soldat
Příběh vojáka
Sergeant Waters - Eine Soldatengeschichte
Sotilaan tarina
Storia di un soldato
Історія солдата
Армейская история
Войнишка история

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery | War

Production Companies:
Caldix
Columbia Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  JP: G  NL: 6  US: PG 

Runtime: 101

Alone, far from home, and far from justice, he has three days to learn the truth about a murder... and the truth is a story you won't forget.

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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.

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Associate Producer:
Charles Milhaupt

Director:
Norman Jewison

Director of Photography:
Russell Boyd

Editor:
Caroline Biggerstaff
Mark Warner

Editorial Staff:
Mark Warner

Executive Producer:
Chiz Schultz

Makeup Artist:
Bernadine M. Anderson

Original Music Composer:
Herbie Hancock

Producer:
Norman Jewison
Patrick J. Palmer
Ronald L. Schwary

Production Design:
Walter Scott Herndon

Screenplay:
Charles Fuller

Set Decoration:
Thomas L. Roysden

Special Effects:
James Camomile

Special Effects Supervisor:
Dennis Dion

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