Sergeant Rutledge

Forget all the suspense you have ever seen! Forget all the excitement you have ever known!

Lieutenant Tom Cantrell is sent to defend Sergeant Braxton Rutledge, a black cavalry soldier, on a charge of rape and murder. The story begins in a courtroom and it is told through flashbacks. This is a story of how a black soldier in the face of danger from the Indians can be so easily mistaken as a criminal.

Direction

John Ford

Screenplay

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James Warner Bellah

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Willis Goldbeck