Forget all the suspense you have ever seen! Forget all the excitement you have ever known!
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
- 7.1
- 1960
- Released
- 1h 51m
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)
Phil Adams
Court Guard (uncredited)Mario Arteaga
Mexican (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Brandon Beach
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Oscar Blank
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Naaman Brown
Trooper (uncredited)Louis Byrd
Trooper (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Officer's Wife (uncredited)Jane Crowley
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Shug Fisher
Mr. Owens (uncredited)Eugene Gaines
Trooper (uncredited)Sam Harris
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
William Henry
Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)James Johnson
Trooper (uncredited)
Rafer Johnson
Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Fred Libby
Chandler Hubble (uncredited)Marvin Luster
Trooper (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Sam Beecher (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)
Toby Michaels
Lucy Dabney (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Trusse R. Norris
Trooper (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Capt. McAfee (uncredited)Charles Seel
Dr. Walter Eckner (uncredited)Bobby Lee Smith
Trooper (uncredited)Ed Sweeny
Sentry (uncredited)Walter Torrence
Trooper (uncredited)David Washington
Trooper (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Court Guard (uncredited)Lloyd Winston
Trooper (uncredited)
Sheb Wooley
Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Laredo (uncredited)
Released
en
- #rape
- #court martial
Reviews
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 the rape and murder of a white girl, Major Dabney's daughter, Lucy. Taking place in the court roo