Sergeant Rutledge
“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.
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Cast
51 people
Jeffrey Hunter
Lt. Tom Cantrell
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Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
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Constance Towers
Mary Beecher
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Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
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Juano Hernández
Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
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Willis Bouchey
Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
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Carleton Young
Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
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Judson Pratt
Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
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Chuck Roberson
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
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Chuck Hayward
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
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Phil Adams
Court Guard (uncredited)
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Mario Arteaga
Mexican (uncredited)
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John Ford Director · Willis Goldbeck Writer James Warner Bellah Writer
United States release May 18, 1960 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
John Ford Productions
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 18, 1960
Theatrical
Brazil
December 7, 2025 · TV · TCM
France
January 12, 2026 · Premiere · Arte
January 27, 2026 · TV · (2ème diffusion) Arte
Italy
October 21, 1960 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 3, 1962 · Theatrical
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