A Soldier's Story (1984)

73

IMDb

7.2

/11414/

Trakt

73

/299/

TMDb

67

/169/

Letterboxd

3.6

/4032/

Tomatoes

91

/22/

Audience

82

/149/

Metacritic

66

/10/

RogerEbert

2.5

Runtime: 101 min.

Status: Released

Certification: PG

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.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War

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Production companies: Caldix, Columbia Pictures