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. SEE A SOLDIER'S STORY - YOU'LL BE SHOCKED. It is towards the end of World War II. At an obscure army camp in the Deep South, the hard-driving sargeant of an all-black company is murdered. Captain Richard Davenport - a black Howard-University-trained military lawyer - is sent to investigate: much to the dismay of the C,O., who assumes his findings will be predjudiced. But Davenport is beyond bias to black or white. What emerges as he examines the soldier's stories is a picture of a nation still divided by colour, but on the threshold of mighty social change. A Soldier's Story is adapted for the screen by Charles Fuller, from his original Pulitzer-winning stage-play: produced and directed by NORMAN JEWISON (The Thomas Crown Affair, In The Heat of the Night): brilliantly acted by a cast that includes HOWARD E. ROLLINS, JNR. (Oscar-nominated for his part in Ragtime) and ADOLPH CAESAR, distinguished member of the Negro Ensemble Company. © Columbia Pictures