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Sergeant Rutledge

(1960)

May 18, 1960 1h 51m
70%
TMDB Score

Overview

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

John Ford

Director

Top Billed Cast

JH

Jeffrey Hunter

Lt. Tom Cantrell

WS

Woody Strode

1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge

CT

Constance Towers

Mary Beecher

BB

Billie Burke

Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

JH

Juano Hernández

Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore

WB

Willis Bouchey

Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial

CY

Carleton Young

Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor

JP

Judson Pratt

Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)

CR

Chuck Roberson

Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)

CH

Chuck Hayward

Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)

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