Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
"Forget all the suspense you have ever seen! Forget all the excitement you have ever known!"

Title: Sergeant Rutledge
Original Title: Sergeant Rutledge
Release Date: 1960-05-25
Status: Released
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 119 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Western
Production Companies: John Ford Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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
Lt. Tom Cantrell

Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge

Constance Towers
Mary Beecher

Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate

Juano Hernández
Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore

Willis Bouchey
Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial

Carleton Young
Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor

Judson Pratt
Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)

Chuck Roberson
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)

Chuck Hayward
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)