A Soldier's Story (1984) 

Release Date: September 14, 1984

Runtime: 101 mins

Director: Norman Jewison

Starring: Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington

Writer: Charles Fuller

Estimated Budget: $6 million

Gross Revenue: $21.8 million

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​A black Army investigator travels to a remote military base in the heart of the Louisiana backwoods to look into the mysterious murder of a black sergeant toward the tail end of World War II. Once he arrives, the investigator discovers an Army regiment and an entire community that, despite the beginnings of integration, is still torn apart by race and segregation. He soon learns that on this base, trust is sparse and secrets are a currency all their own.

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