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.

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)

Reviews

John Chard

Buffalo Soldier. It was alright for Mr. Lincoln to say we was free. But that ain't so! Not yet! Maybe some day, but not yet! John Ford's Sergeant Rutledge tells the story of a black man, 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge, a Buffalo Soldier of the 9th U.S. Cavalry who was up before a court-martial for ...

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