In Tynen Louisiana wordt het doodgeschoten lichaam van de zwarte sergeant Waters gevonden, net buiten de legerbasis. Militair jurist Davenport, ook zwart, wordt vanuit Washington naar het zuiden gestuurd om de zaak te onderzoeken.
Nee, helaas is A Soldier's Story nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| 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 |
