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.
Director
John FordCast
Jeffrey Hunter
Lt. Tom Cantrell
Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Constance Towers
Mary Beecher
Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Juano Hernández
Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
Willis Bouchey
Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
Carleton Young
Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
Judson Pratt
Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
Chuck Roberson
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
Phil Adams
Court Guard (uncredited)
Mario Arteaga
Mexican (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Clifton Brandon
Trooper (uncredited)
Naaman Brown
Trooper (uncredited)
Louis Byrd
Trooper (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Jane Crowley
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)