Sergeant Waters - Eine Soldatengeschichte (1984)
Louisiana 1944: Mitte in der Nacht wird der farbige Soldat Sergeant Waters erschossen. Militäranwalt Captain Davenport erhält den Auftrag den Fall zu übernehmen. Er wird in das Infanteriecamp farbiger Soldaten geschickt, um den Tod des Sergeants aufzuklären. Da auch er ein Farbiger ist und die Offiziere Weiße sind schlägt ihm viel Mißgunst entgegen. Auch bleiben ihm nur drei Tage um die wahren Hintergründe des Mordes aufzudecken und den Täter zu finden....
Der Regisseur:
Norman Jewison
Der Autor:
Charles Fuller
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Howard Rollins as Captain Davenport |
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Adolph Caesar as Sergeant Waters |
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Art Evans as Private Wilkie |
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Robert Townsend as Corporal Ellis |
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Denzel Washington as Private First Class Peterson |
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David Alan Grier as Corporal Cobb |
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David Harris as Private Smalls |
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Dennis Lipscomb as Captain Taylor |
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Patti LaBelle as Big Mary |
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Wings Hauser as Lieutenant Byrd |
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Larry Riley as C.J. Memphis |
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William Allen Young as Private Henson |
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Scott Paulin as Captain Wilcox |
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John Hancock as Sergeant Washington |
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Robert Tyler as Private Seymour |
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Trey Wilson as Colonel Nivens |
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Patricia Brandkamp as Ida Nivens |
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Carl Dreher as Bus driver |
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Vaughn Reeves as Captain Estes |
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Michael Anthony Williams as Barracks Soldier |
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Bobby McGee as Barracks Soldier |
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Rick Ramey as Barracks Soldier |
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Pat Grabe as White Lieutenant #1 |
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Terry Dodd as White Lieutenant #2 |
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Warren Clements as Sergeant Hooks |
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James W. Bryant as Chaplain |
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John Valentine as Umpire |
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Ronald E. Greenfield as M.P. Sergeant |
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Anthony C. Sanders as M.P. at Gate |
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Traftin E. Thompson as M.P. in Barracks |
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Roy Wells as Training Field Sergeant |
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Tommy G. Liggins as Solider Painting |
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Calvin Franklin as Barracks Soldier |
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Kevin T. Mosley as Barracks Soldier |
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David Ashley as Barracks Soldier |
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Thomas Howard as Barracks Soldier |
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Lacarnist Hiriams as Barracks Soldier |
| Directing | Norman Jewison | Director |
| Sound | Herbie Hancock | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Charles Fuller | Screenplay |
| Production | Norman Jewison | Producer |
| Production | Charles Milhaupt | Associate Producer |
| Production | Patrick J. Palmer | Producer |
| Production | Chiz Schultz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ronald L. Schwary | Producer |
| Editing | Caroline Biggerstaff | Editor |
| Crew | Mark Warner | Editorial Staff |
| Editing | Mark Warner | Editor |
| Art | Walter Scott Herndon | Production Design |
| Art | Thomas L. Roysden | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernadine M. Anderson | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Dennis Dion | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | James Camomile | Special Effects |
| Camera | Russell Boyd | Director of Photography |
| Production | Reuben Cannon | Casting Director |
| Production | Gerald R. Molen | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Linda Dove | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Julie Feiner | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gib Jaffe | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dessie Markovsky | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Emile Razpopov | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Catherine Shorr | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michael Tomack | Sound Editor |
| Production | Megan Branman | Extras Casting |
| Editing | Edward A. Warschilka | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| Directing | Wilma Garscadden-Gahret | Script Supervisor |