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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]
Sergeant Rutledge: Directed by John Ford. With Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Woody Strode. Respected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
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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.
Lt. Tom Cantrell defends his First Sergeant, Braxton Rutledge, at a court-martial where the African-American NCO is accused of raping and strangling Lucy Dabney and killing her father, Major Dabney. The story is told through the testimony of those giving evidence.
Army lawyer Tom Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) defends the accused, African-American sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode), a soldier who had once been under his command.
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History, judging from the regiments’ list of Medal of Honor winners, calls them heroes. Against this backdrop, legendary director John Ford crafts the story of Sergeant Rutledge (Woody Strode...
