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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. 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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1984-09-14
- video_camera_front Companies Caldix, Columbia Pictures
- timer Runtime: 101 Mins
- star Rating: 6.8 / 10
- favorite Likes: 195 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0088146
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Howard Rollins
Captain Davenport
Adolph Caesar
Sergeant Waters
Art Evans
Private Wilkie
Robert Townsend
Corporal Ellis
Denzel Washington
Private First Class Peterson
David Alan Grier
Corporal Cobb
David Harris
Private Smalls
Dennis Lipscomb
Captain Taylor
Patti LaBelle
Big Mary
Wings Hauser
Lieutenant Byrd
Larry Riley
C.J. Memphis
William Allen Young
Private Henson
Scott Paulin
Captain Wilcox
John Hancock
Sergeant Washington
Robert Tyler
Private Seymour
Trey Wilson
Colonel Nivens
Patricia Brandkamp
Ida Nivens
Carl Dreher
Bus driver
Vaughn Reeves
Captain Estes
Michael Anthony Williams
Barracks Soldier
Bobby McGee
Barracks Soldier
Rick Ramey
Barracks Soldier
groups Crew
Norman Jewison
Director
Herbie Hancock
Original Music Composer
Charles Fuller
Screenplay
Norman Jewison
Producer
Thomas L. Roysden
Set Decoration
Chiz Schultz
Executive Producer
Charles Milhaupt
Associate Producer
Dennis Dion
Special Effects Supervisor
Walter Scott Herndon
Production Design
Bernadine M. Anderson
Makeup Artist
James Camomile
Special Effects
Ronald L. Schwary
Producer
Mark Warner
Editorial Staff
Mark Warner
Editor
Patrick J. Palmer
Producer
Caroline Biggerstaff
Editor
Russell Boyd
Director of Photography
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