Norman Jewison Director, Producer Howard E. Rollins Jr. Captain Davenport Actor Adolph Caesar Sergeant Waters Actor Denzel Washington Private First Class Peterson Actor Dennis Lipscomb Captain Taylor Actor Art Evans Private Wilkie Actor Larry Riley C.J. Memphis Actor David Alan Grier Corporal Cobb Actor Robert Townsend Corporal Ellis Actor Patti LaBelle Big Mary Actor Wings Hauser Lieutenant Byrd Actor Trey Wilson Colonel Nivens Actor Ronald L. Schwary Producer Patrick J. Palmer Producer Charles Fuller Screenwriter Chiz Schultz Executive Producer Russell Boyd Cinematographer Caroline Biggerstaff Film Editing Mark Warner Film Editing Herbie Hancock Original Music Walter Scott Herndon Production Design Thomas L. Roysden Set Decoration Reuben Cannon Casting