Howard E. Rollins Jr.

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A Soldier's Story -- Murder and racism on a black military base in the South, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Starring Denzel Washington and Howard E. Rollins, Jr.

This vivid, high-energy human tableau interweaves the lives and passions of a middle class, small town family against the scandal and events of a transitional America in 1906. Director Milos Forman and producer Dino De Laurentiis have assembled an all-star cast-including legendary James Cagney- that brings the best-selling E.L. Doctorow novel to life in unforgettable fashion, with memorable music by composer/conductor Randy Newman. Ragtime is both a compelling story of human emotions and a reflection of the innocence, excitement and drama of that important time in the country's history. Nominated for 8 Academy Awards.

"A Soldier's Story" is about the murder of a black soldier near the end of World War II. Captain Davenport (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.), is sent to investigate the ruthless shooting death of Sergeant Walters (Adolph Ceasar). Initially, he believes that Walters' death is the latest in a series of racially motivated slayings. But through interviews, Davenport learns that Sarge was a vicious man who drove his men to the brink of rebellion.

High stress, casual sex and black humor are the norm in this scathing satire about a group of medical interns working under harrowing conditions in a big city hospital, which served as a primary inspiration for the television series "St. Elsewhere." Charles Haid plays the hospital's senior resident, known as The Fatman, who pushes his own contrarian theories of patient care on the interns, with surprisingly successful results.

Murder and racism on a black military base in the South, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Starring Denzel Washington and Howard E. Rollins, Jr.

Murder and racism on a black military base in the South, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Starring Denzel Washington and Howard E. Rollins, Jr.

Tensions flare in this gripping 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 Sarge's 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? Directed by Norman Jewison from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, A SOLDIER'S STORY is both a spellbinding mystery and a superb drama that transcends race.

This vivid, high-energy human tableau interweaves the lives and passions of a middle class, small town family against the scandal and events of a transitional America in 1906.

This vivid, high-energy human tableau interweaves the lives and passions of a middle class, small town family against the scandal and events of a transitional America in 1906.