Storyline

Lieutenant Tom Cantrell is sent to defend Sergeant Braxton Rutledge, a black cavalry soldier, on a charge of rape and murder. The story begins in a courtroom and it is told through flashbacks. This is a story of how a black soldier in the face of danger from the Indians can be so easily mistaken as a criminal.—Christopher D. Ryan

Plot Keywords

u.s. soldier, army life, wilhelm scream, arizona, handcuffs, u.s. army, u.s. cavalry, army, off screen murder, implied nudity, racism, dead woman on floor, dead man, black white relations, naked dead woman, woman strangled to death, two word title, courtroom, african american, rape

Short Review

Sergeant Rutledge probably is the best film ever made by Hollywood dealing with a Negro personality in the key role and dealing with what are the ugliest aspects of crime across the color line.

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