Sergeant Rutledge

May. 25,1960      NR
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Jeffrey Hunter as  Lt. Tom Cantrell
Woody Strode as  1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Constance Towers as  Mary Beecher
Billie Burke as  Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Juano Hernández as  Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
Willis Bouchey as  Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
Carleton Young as  Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
Judson Pratt as  Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
Chuck Roberson as  Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward as  Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)

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