Sergeant Rutledge

Action,Crime,Western,Drama

1960
1h 37m
7.4

Jeffrey Hunter,Hank Worden,Constance Towers,Jack Pennick

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.—Christopher D. Ryan