Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Directed by
John Ford
Written by
Willis Goldbeck, James Warner Bellah
Jeffrey Hunter
Lt. Tom Cantrell
Shug Fisher
Mr. Owens (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Court Guard (uncredited)
Constance Towers
Mary Beecher
Rafer Johnson
Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
William Henry
Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Hank Worden
Laredo (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial