Movie: A Soldiers Story (1984)
Tagline: 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.
Trivia: Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, and Larry Riley all recreated their roles from the original 1981 Lucille Lortel Off-Broadway production; when the play was revived in 2005, James McDaniel assumed Caesar's Sgt. Waters role.
Goofs: Factual errors: During the final scene when the Soldiers are marching in parade formation, they are actually moving towards the rear of the Fort Chaffee Garrison area (the actual filming location), literally just a few hundred yards before entering the tactical training area. An actual military parade would begin its march near a remote point such as this, move along the prescribed parade route, and finally pass in review at the Post Commander's Headquarters building, which is approximately 1 mile in the opposite direction.
"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. We find out a bit more about the dead soldier in flashbacks - and that he was unpopular. Will the attorney find the killer ? Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>"
