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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111 min

Released May 1960

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Directed by

John Ford

Written byJames Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck

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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

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Jeffrey Hunter

Woody Strode

Constance Towers

Billie Burke

Juano Hernández

Willis Bouchey

Carleton Young

Judson Pratt

Chuck Roberson

Chuck Hayward

Phil Adams

Mario Arteaga

Gertrude Astor

Brandon Beach

John Ford

James Warner Bellah

Willis Goldbeck

Patrick Ford

Willis Goldbeck

Howard Jackson

Bert Glennon

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