Sergeant Rutledge
Young officer fights desperately to save negro sergeant, on trial for murder and rape, against colour prejudice and conflicting evidence until a last minute testimony reveals the killer.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Lieutenant Tom Cantrell Jeffrey Hunter
- Mary Beecher Constance Towers
- Mrs Cordealia Fosgate Billie Burke
- Sergeant Braxton Rutledge Woody Strode
- Sergeant Matthew Skidmore Juano Hernandez
- Colonel Otis Fosgate Willis Bouchey
- Captain Shattuck Carleton Young
- Lieutenant Mulqueen Judson Pratt
- [Captain Dwyer] Bill Henry
- [Captain MacAfee] Walter Reed
- [Captain Dickinson] Chuck Hayward
- [Nellie] Mae Marsh
- [Chandler Hubble] Fred Libby
- [Lucy Dabney] Toby Richards
- [Chris Hubble] Jan Styne
- [Sam Beecher] Cliff Lyons
- [Dr Eckner] Charles Seel
- [court room sergeant] Jack Pennick
- [Laredo] Hank Worden
- [jury member] Chuck Roberson
- [woman in audience] Eva Novak
- [woman in audience] Estelle Winwood
- [Mr Owens] Shug Fisher
Credits
Direction
- Directed by John Ford
- Assistant Director Russell Saunders
- Assistant Director Wingate Smith
Production
- ©/Presents Warner Bros.
- Produced by Willis Goldbeck
- Produced by Patrick Ford
Writing
- Written by James Warner Bellah
- Written by Willis Goldbeck
Photography
- Director of Photography Bert Glennon
Editing
- Film Editor Jack Murray
Design
- Art Director Eddie Imazu
- Set Decorator Frank M. Miller
Costumes
- Costumes Designed by Marjorie Best
Make-up
- Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau
Music
- Music by Howard Jackson
- Song 'Captain Buffalo' Words and Music Mack David
- Song 'Captain Buffalo' Words and Music Jerry Livingston
Sound
- Sound by M.A. Merrick
- Sound System RCA Sound System