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Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 American Technicolor Western film directed by John Ford and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode and Billie Burke. The title was also used for the novelization published in the same year. [2]
A Black cavalry sergeant is accused of rape and murder by a white woman and her father in this John Ford film. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Crime, Drama, Western
- John Ford
- 1960-05-25
A court-martial drama about an African-American sergeant accused of murder and rape at a U.S. Army fort in 1881. The movie features Woody Strode in his first lead role and explores themes of racism and justice in the post-Civil War era.
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- Jeffrey Hunter
- John Ford
- Western
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the 1960 western film Sergeant Rutledge, directed by John Ford. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
A Black cavalry sergeant is accused of raping and killing a white woman and her father, and a lieutenant defends him in court. The plot is revealed through flashbacks and testimonies, as the sergeant also faces an Apache uprising.
A black calvaryman (Woody Strode) faces rape and murder charges on the Western frontier in John Ford's (1960). Ben Mankiewicz introduces , 1960. A 19th-century lawyer tries to clear a black man of rape and murder charges.
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