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
James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck
Shug Fisher
Mr. Owens (uncredited)
Constance Towers
Mary Beecher
Jeffrey Hunter
Lt. Tom Cantrell
Rafer Johnson
Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Laredo (uncredited)
Toby Michaels
Lucy Dabney (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Judson Pratt
Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
Gertrude Astor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
William Henry
Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Willis Bouchey
Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial