Realizing Peterson and Smalls were on guard duty the night of Waters' murder, and thus had been issued . 45 ammunition for their pistols, Davenport interrogates Smalls, found by the MPs. Smalls confesses Peterson killed Sergeant Waters, as revenge for C.J.'s death.
What is a soldier story about?
A black Army investigator (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) 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.
Was Samuel L Jackson in a soldier's story?
Norman Jewison obliged. Samuel L. Jackson originated the role of Private Henson in "A Soldier's Play", which was played by William Allen Young in the film version. First of three mainstream 1980s Hollywood movies that featured Adolph Caesar, who was unknown before being cast in this picture.
Is the movie a soldier's story based on a true story?
The movie was based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning off-Broadway production of A Soldier's Play and concerns African-American soldiers in the South near the end of World War II. Though the story is set at fictitious locations in Louisiana, it was filmed entirely in Arkansas.