---
title: 'A Soldier''s Story (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norman Jewison'
released: '1984-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-soldiers-story-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088146/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Soldier's Story (1984)

1984 · 101 min · Drama, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American mystery drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison, adapted by Charles Fuller from his Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play. It is a murder mystery set in a segregated regiment of the U.S Army commanded by White officers and training in the Jim Crow South. In a time and place where a Black commissioned officer is bitterly resented by nearly everyone, a Black JAG captain investigates the murder of a Black drill sergeant in Louisiana following American entry into World War II. As the investigation proceeds, the events leading up to the sergeant's murder are shown in flashbacks.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Norman Jewison](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-jewison)
- **Producer:** [Norman Jewison](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-jewison)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Fuller](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-fuller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbie Hancock](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbie-hancock)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-boyd)

## Cast

- [Howard Rollins](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-rollins)
- [Wings Hauser](https://cinepixo.com/people/wings-hauser)
- [William Allen Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-allen-young)
- [Patti LaBelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/patti-labelle)
- [John Hancock](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hancock)
- [Adolph Caesar](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-caesar)
- [Denzel Washington](https://cinepixo.com/people/denzel-washington)
- [Trey Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/trey-wilson)
- [David Alan Grier](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-alan-grier)
- [Art Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-evans)
- [Dennis Lipscomb](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-lipscomb)
- [Larry Riley](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-riley)
- [Robert Townsend](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-townsend)

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