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Sergeant Rutledge

"Forget all the suspense you have ever seen! Forget all the excitement you have ever known!"

7.0/ 10 · 0K votes

1960-05-18

1h 51m

EN

Released

Western Crime Drama

Storyline

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Director

John Ford

Writer

Willis Goldbeck

Novel

James Warner Bellah

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Keywords

rape racism court martial western drama crime

Production

John Ford Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

Jeffrey Hunter

Jeffrey Hunter

Lt. Tom Cantrell

Woody Strode

Woody Strode

1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge

Constance Towers

Constance Towers

Mary Beecher

Billie Burke

Billie Burke

Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

Juano Hernández

Juano Hernández

Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore

Willis Bouchey

Willis Bouchey

Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial

Carleton Young

Carleton Young

Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor

Judson Pratt

Judson Pratt

Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)

Chuck Roberson

Chuck Roberson

Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)

Chuck Hayward

Chuck Hayward

Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)

Phil Adams

Court Guard (uncredited)

Mario Arteaga

Mexican (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Oscar Blank

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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