The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
141 audience votes
Key crew
- James Warner BellahWriter
- John FordDirector
- Willis GoldbeckWriter
- Howard JacksonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeffrey HunterLt. Tom Cantrell
- Woody Strode1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
- Constance TowersMary Beecher
- Billie BurkeMrs. Cordelia Fosgate
- Juano HernándezSgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
- Willis BoucheyCol. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
- Carleton YoungCapt. Shattuck - prosecutor
- Judson PrattLt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
- Chuck RobersonCourt-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
- Chuck HaywardCapt. Dickinson (uncredited)
- Phil AdamsCourt Guard (uncredited)
- Mario ArteagaMexican (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
raperacismcourt martialwesterndramacrime