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.
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Grave, earnest, bleak and overwhelming.
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- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Jeffrey HunterLt. Tom Cantrell
- Woody Strode1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
- Constance TowersMary Beecher
- Billie BurkeMrs. Cordelia Fosgate
- Juano HernándezSgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
- Willis BoucheyCol. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
- Carleton YoungCapt. Shattuck - prosecutor
- Judson PrattLt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
- Chuck RobersonCourt-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
- Chuck HaywardCapt. Dickinson (uncredited)
Crew
- John FordDirector
- James Warner BellahWriter
- Willis GoldbeckWriter
- James Warner BellahNovel
- Bert GlennonDirector of Photography
- Howard JacksonOriginal Music Composer
- Jack MurrayEditor
- Willis GoldbeckProducer
- Patrick FordProducer
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