In 1944 during World War II, Vernon Waters, a master sergeant in a company of Black soldiers, is shot to death with a .45 caliber pistol outside Fort Neal, a segregated Army base in Louisiana. …

A Soldier's Story: Directed by Norman Jewison. With Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier. An African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially …

In 1944, officers and men were stateside, all busy demobbing, when a black Army sergeant is murdered in the fictitious town of Tynin, Louisiana. The whites want the problem to go away. …

Sep 29, 2024 · Before he was famous enough to be referred to on a first name basis, Denzel Washington was a struggling actor waiting for his big break. While St. Elsewhere gave him a …

Mar 22, 2007 · Investigating the murder of Sgt. Waters (Adolph Caesar), Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) deposes Private Peterson (Denzel Washington) who recalls a baseball …

Everyone has motive and opportunity and, under Norman Jewison's tight direction, the supporting cast, led by Denzel Washington and the Oscar-nominated Adolph Caesar, give next to nothing …

Dec 16, 2023 · Denzel Washington made his film debut in “A Soldier’s Story.” Academy Award winner Denzel Washington marked his first appearance on the big screen in this movie, …

Mar 15, 2020 · Starring: Howard Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Dennis Lipscomb and Denzel Washington Rated: PG Crime/Drama/Mystery Set on a racially-segregated military base in …

Aug 31, 1999 · Murder and racism on a black military base in the South, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Starring Denzel Washington and Howard E. Rollins, Jr.

Tensions flare in this gripping film about a murder on a black army base near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins, JR.), a proud black army attorney, is sent to …