"Forget all the suspense you have ever seen! Forget all the excitement you have ever known!" 18 May 1960 Drama, Western, Crime 111 mins
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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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)
Phil Adams as Court Guard (uncredited)
Mario Arteaga as Mexican (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Oscar Blank as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Clifton Brandon as Trooper (uncredited)
James Warner Bellah Writer
John Ford Director
James Warner Bellah Novel
Willis Goldbeck Writer
Chuck Roberson Stunts
Russell Saunders Assistant Director
Allen Pomeroy Assistant Director
Michael A. Hoey Assistant Editor
M.A. Merrick Sound
Cliff Lyons Stunts
Edward O'Fearna Assistant Director
Norman Pringle Makeup Artist
Web Overlander Makeup Artist
Wingate Smith Assistant Director
Chuck Hayward Stunts
Gordon Bau Makeup Supervisor
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Brazil 07 December 2025
France 27 January 2026
Italy 21 October 1960
Korea 03 February 1962
United States 18 May 1960
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