Movie
Sergeant Rutledge
Overview
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-05-18
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Western, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- John Ford Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeffrey Hunter as Lt. Tom Cantrell
- Woody Strode as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
- Constance Towers as Mary Beecher
- Billie Burke as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
- Juano Hernández as Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
- Willis Bouchey as Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
- Carleton Young as Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
- Judson Pratt as Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
- Chuck Roberson as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
- Chuck Hayward as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
- Phil Adams as Court Guard (uncredited)
- Mario Arteaga as Mexican (uncredited)
Crew
- John Ford - Director
- Willis Goldbeck - Writer
- James Warner Bellah - Writer
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