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Sergeant Rutledge is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Ford released in USA on 25 may 1960 with Woody Strode

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Sergeant Rutledge
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Released in USA 25 may 1960
Length 1h51
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Action,    Crime,    Western
Rating73% 3.6948353.6948353.6948353.6948353.694835

Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 Western and military courtroom drama starring Woody Strode and Jeffrey Hunter. It was directed by John Ford and shot on location in Monument Valley, Utah.



The film starred Strode as a black first sergeant in the United States Cavalry accused of the rape and murder of a white girl at a U.S. Army fort in the late 1880s.

Synopsis

The film revolves around the court-martial of 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge (Strode), a "Buffalo Soldier" of the 9th U.S. Cavalry. His defense is handled by Lt. Tom Cantrell (Hunter), Rutledge's troop officer. The story is told through a series of flashbacks, expanding the testimony of witnesses as they describe the events following the murder of Rutledge's Commanding Officer, Major Dabney, and the rape and murder of Dabney's daughter, for which Rutledge is the accused.

Actors

Woody Strode

(1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge)
Jeffrey Hunter

(Lt. Tom Cantrell)
Constance Towers

(Mary Beecher)
Billie Burke

(Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate)
Juano Hernández

(Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore)
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