Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Film details

Featuring

Jeffrey Hunter Constance Towers Billie Burke
Director

John Ford
Country

USA
Year

1960
Genres

Western Legal and Courtroom drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

A young officer fights desperately to save a black 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
    
    Saunders, Russ
  - 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