Sergeant Rutledge ( Captain Buffalo ) ( The Trial of Sergeant Rutledge )

Sergeant Rutledge (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Captain Buffalo
Alternate Title: The Trial of Sergeant Rutledge
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1960 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Ford

Written By:
James Warner Bellah
Willis Goldbeck

Actors:
Jeffrey Hunter ..... Lt. Tom Cantrell (counsel for the defense)
Constance Towers ..... Mary Beecher
Billie Burke ..... Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Woody Strode ..... 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Juano Hernandez ..... Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
Willis Bouchey ..... Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
Carleton Young ..... Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
Judson Pratt ..... Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
Shug Fisher ..... Mr. Owens (uncredited)
Sam Harris ..... Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward ..... Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
William Henry ..... Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
Rafer Johnson ..... Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
Mike Lally ..... Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Lewis ..... Indian (uncredited)
Fred Libby ..... Chandler Hubble (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ..... Sam Beecher (uncredited)
Mae Marsh ..... Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)
Toby Michaels ..... Lucy Dabney (uncredited)
Jack Mower ..... Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Eva Novak ..... Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ..... Courtroom Sergeant (uncredited)
Walter Reed ..... Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson ..... Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Charles Seel ..... Dr. Walter Eckner (uncredited)
Ed Shaw ..... Chris Hubble (uncredited)
Hank Worden ..... Laredo (uncredited)

Synopsis:

The first big budget Western to feature a black hero, this military courtroom drama from director John Ford starred his long-time stock player Woody Strode. When a cavalry commander and his daughter are discovered murdered, racism amidst the 9th Cavalry immediately leads to suspicions that Sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Strode), a black man, is responsible for the crime. Arrested by Lieutenant Tom Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter), Rutledge escapes from captivity during an Indian raid but voluntarily returns to warn his fellow cavalrymen that they are about to face an ambush by hostiles, saving the detachment from certain doom. At first among those who accept Rutledge's probable guilt, Cantrell and his love interest Mary Beecher (Constance Towers) become two of the accused man's scarce defenders as he is put on trial and faces testimony from prejudiced 'witnesses.'

Lt. Tom Cantrell defends his 1st Sergeant, Braxton Rutledge, at a court-martial where the African-American NCO is accused of raping and strangling Lucy Dabney and killing her father. The story is told through the testimony of those giving evidence. The events of those days not only included the assault on Lucy and the murder of her father but was also at the time of an Apache uprising. Rutledge doesn't deny finding the dead girl's father or killing her father in self defense, the Major being in a blind rage and out for blood convinced that the Fort's senior NCO assaulted and killed his daughter. As the events of those days are revealed however, it becomes clear to everyone that there are two sides to the story and it is left to Cantrell to convince the court that Braxton is innocent.

Circumstantial evidence suggests a first sergeant in a black cavalry regiment has raped and murdered a white girl and then killed his commanding officer. When he makes the case look even worse by deserting, an old lieutenant friend is sent to get him back - and finds himself also quelling an apache uprising. The lieutenant then volunteers to defend the sergeant in court, where the full story starts slowly to emerge.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 08 May, 2011.

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