Sergeant Rutledge

Sergeant Rutledge

111 mins | Western | May 18, 1960

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

Sergeant Rutledge

111 mins | Western | May 18, 1960

Sergeant Rutledge
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, John Ford Productions
Original title Sergeant Rutledge
Directors John Ford
Writers James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck

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

Chuck Hayward

as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)