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Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 Western film directed by John Ford and starring Woody Strode as a Black cavalry sergeant accused of rape and murder. The film was one of the first to address racism frankly and to give a leading role to an African-American actor.
Sergeant Rutledge: Directed by John Ford. With Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Woody Strode. 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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- Crime, Drama, Western
- John Ford
- 1960-05-25
Army lawyer Tom Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) defends the accused, African-American sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode), a soldier who had once been under his command.
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- Jeffrey Hunter
- John Ford
- Western
Dec 26, 2023 · Sergeant Rutledge was the first major studio Western to cast a Black actor, Woody Strode, in the lead role as a Buffalo Soldier. The film explores the racism faced by Black Americans, but also portrays white people as just and innocent, and Indigenous Americans as savages.
- John Ford
- Author
11 reels. In the summer of 1881, a young woman named Lucy Dabney and her father, Maj. Dabney, are found dead in their quarters at Fort Linton in the Arizona Territory. Lt. Tom Cantrell arrives at the U.S. Army's southwestern headquarters to defend the accused, a black sergeant named Braxton Rutledge, who served bravely under Cantrell in the all ...
- John Ford
- Jeffrey Hunter
A Black cavalry sergeant is accused of raping and killing a white woman and her father, and a lieutenant defends him in court. The plot is revealed through flashbacks and testimonies, as the sergeant faces an Apache uprising.
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Apr 29, 2014 · John Ford's Sergeant Rutledge tells the story of a black man, 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge, a Buffalo Soldier of the 9th U.S. Cavalry who was up before a court-martial for the rape and murder of a white girl, Major Dabney's daughter, Lucy.
