Sergeant Rutledge

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Sergeant Rutledge
Directed by	John Ford
Produced by	Willis Goldbeck Patrick Ford
Written by	James Warner Bellah Willis Goldbeck
Starring	Woody Strode Jeffrey Hunter
Music by	Howard Jackson Mack David (Song "Captain Buffalo") Jeffrey Livingston (Song "Captain Buffalo")
Cinematography	Bert Glennon
Editing by	Jack Murray
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	1960
Running time	111 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 film directed by John Ford, with Woody Strode in the title role. The film, controversial for its time, has Strode as a black sergeant in the United States Cavalry accused of the rape and murder of a white girl.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Plot

The film revolves around the court-martial of Sgt. Braxton Rutledge, a 'Buffalo Soldier' of the 9th Cavalry, with Jeffrey Hunter as Lt. Tom Cantrell, counsel for the defence. The story is told through flashback, based upon the testimony of several witnesses as they describe the events following the murder of Rutledge's Commanding Officer, and the rape and murder of his daughter.

It was all right for Mr. Lincoln to say we was free. But that ain't so! Not yet! Maybe someday, but not yet!

—Sergeant Rutledge

[edit] Cast

• Jeffrey Hunter as Lt. Tom Cantrell (counsel for the defense)
• Constance Towers as Mary Beecher
• Billie Burke as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
• Woody Strode as First Sergeant Braxton Rutledge
• Juano Hernández as Sergeant Matthew Luke Skidmore
• Willis Bouchey as Colonel Otis Fosgate (president of the court-martial)
• Carleton Young as Captain Shattuck (prosecutor)
• Judson Pratt as Lieutenant Mulqueen (court-martial board member)

[edit] See also

• Military history of African Americans
• Racism

[edit] External links

• Sergeant Rutledge at the Internet Movie Database

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