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Sergeant Rutledge
Forget all the suspense you have ever seen! Forget all the excitement you have ever known!
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Where to watch
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Cast
Jeffrey HunterLt. Tom Cantrell
Woody Strode1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Constance TowersMary Beecher
Billie BurkeMrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Juano HernandezSgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
Willis BoucheyCol. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
Carleton YoungCapt. Shattuck - prosecutor
Judson PrattLt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
Chuck RobersonCourt-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Chuck HaywardCapt. Dickinson (uncredited)- Phil AdamsCourt Guard (uncredited)
- Mario ArteagaMexican (uncredited)
Gertrude AstorCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)- Brandon BeachCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- John Ford
- Writers
- James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck
- Release date
- May 18, 1960
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- John Ford Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
