Rent A Soldier's Story (1984)
3.6 of 5 from 72 ratings
1h 37min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Tensions flare, in film about a murder on a black army base near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins Jr.), a proud black army attorney, is sent to Fort Neal, Louisiana, to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Waters (Adolph Caesar). Through interviews with Waters' men, Davenport learns that he was a vicious man who served the white world and despised his own roots. Was the killer a bigoted white officer? Or could he have been a black soldier embittered by Waters' constant race baiting?
- Actors:
- Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, David Harris, Dennis Lipscomb, Larry Riley, Robert Townsend, Denzel Washington, William Allen Young, Patti LaBelle, Wings Hauser, Scott Paulin, John Hancock, Trey Wilson, Patricia Brandkamp, Carl Dreher, Vaughn Reeves, Robert Tyler, Pat Grabe
- Directors:
- Norman Jewison
- Producers:
- Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patric Palmer
- Writers:
- Charles Fuller
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Award Winners, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Denzel Washington, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/12/2020
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with director Norman Jewison (1999)
- The DP/30 Interview with Norman Jewison (2010, 69 mins): comprehensive, three-part overview, in which Jewison reflects on his four decades as a director, conducted by film historian David Poland March to Freedom (1999, 15 mins): documentary on the experiences of African American soldiers during World War II, narrated by Paul Winfield
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
