Sergeant Rutledge
(1960)
★ 7 IMDb · 141 votes
Year: 1960
Runtime: 111 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Джон Форд
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers, Билли Бурк, Juano Hernández, Уиллис Бучи, Carleton Young, Judson Pratt, Chuck Roberson, Chuck Hayward
Plot
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
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 for a criminal.