A Soldier's Story
“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.”
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
Mystery, Crime, Drama
Studio
Caldix
Language
en
Status
Released
How A Soldier's Story performed
Budget
$6.0M
Worldwide Gross
$21.8M
Gross Profit
$15.8M
Return
3.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~47/53, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Mystery) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Captain Davenport
Howard Rollins
Captain Davenport
Sergeant Waters
Adolph Caesar
Sergeant Waters
Private Wilkie
Art Evans
Private Wilkie
Corporal Ellis
Robert Townsend
Corporal Ellis
Private First Class Peterson
Denzel Washington
Private First Class Peterson
Corporal Cobb
David Alan Grier
Corporal Cobb
Private Smalls
David Harris
Private Smalls
Captain Taylor
Dennis Lipscomb
Captain Taylor
Big Mary
Patti LaBelle
Big Mary
Lieutenant Byrd
Wings Hauser
Lieutenant Byrd
C.J. Memphis
Larry Riley
C.J. Memphis
Private Henson
William Allen Young
Private Henson
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