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A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American mystery drama film [2] 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.
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 charged situation in World War II.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Norman Jewison
- 1984-11-02
1 day ago · Release Date. September 14, 1984. Director. Norman Jewison. Runtime. 101 Minutes. Writers. Charles Fuller. Directed by Norman Jewison (known for creating films that related to real-life issues ...
An African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II. A black soldier is killed while returning to his base in the deep south. The white people of the area are suspected at first. A tough black army attorney is brought in to find out the truth.
Davenport is on the receiving end of this by some of the White officers, first with Captain Taylor who didn't like an outsider taking over his investigation and later with the officers suspected in Waters' death.
This is a more ironic ending than was perhaps intended, because “A Soldier’s Story” was directed by Norman Jewison, the director who ended “In the Heat of the Night” with Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger shaking hands. The ending worked in 1967, but in 1984 I think we expect a little more.
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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.
