Sergeant Rutledge
Forget all the suspense you have ever seen! Forget all the excitement you have ever known!
Western Crime Drama
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Director John Ford
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Cast
Rafer Johnson
Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Sam Beecher (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Dr. Walter Eckner (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Toby Michaels
Lucy Dabney (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Sheb Wooley
Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Court Guard (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Laredo (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
Carleton Young
Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
Chuck Hayward
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Gertrude Astor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Fred Libby
Chandler Hubble (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jeffrey Hunter
Lt. Tom Cantrell
Judson Pratt
Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)
Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Shug Fisher
Mr. Owens (uncredited)
William Henry
Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Constance Towers
Mary Beecher
Juano Hernández
Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore