Sergeant Rutledge
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Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 Western courtroom drama film directed by John Ford that broke ground by centering on a Black U.S. cavalry sergeant, played by Woody Strode, who is falsely accused of rape and murder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sergeant Rutledge canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5673611 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Rutledge Context triple: [Woody Strode, notableWork, Sergeant Rutledge]
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A.
The Colonel
The Colonel is the traditional mascot figure representing Eastern Kentucky University's athletic teams and school spirit.
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B.
A Soldier's Play
A Soldier's Play is a Pulitzer Prize–winning stage drama by Charles Fuller that explores racism, identity, and justice within a segregated African American Army unit during World War II.
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C.
The Lieutenant
The Lieutenant is a 1960s American television drama series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the professional and personal challenges of a young U.S. Marine Corps officer.
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D.
Colonel Reb
Colonel Reb is the retired, plantation-era caricature that once served as the controversial mascot of the University of Mississippi.
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E.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sergeant Rutledge Target entity description: Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 Western courtroom drama film directed by John Ford that broke ground by centering on a Black U.S. cavalry sergeant, played by Woody Strode, who is falsely accused of rape and murder.
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A.
The Colonel
The Colonel is the traditional mascot figure representing Eastern Kentucky University's athletic teams and school spirit.
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B.
A Soldier's Play
A Soldier's Play is a Pulitzer Prize–winning stage drama by Charles Fuller that explores racism, identity, and justice within a segregated African American Army unit during World War II.
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C.
The Lieutenant
The Lieutenant is a 1960s American television drama series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the professional and personal challenges of a young U.S. Marine Corps officer.
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D.
Colonel Reb
Colonel Reb is the retired, plantation-era caricature that once served as the controversial mascot of the University of Mississippi.
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E.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by James Warner Bellah ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy | Woody Strode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Bert Glennon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jack Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalUnit | 9th Cavalry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
courtroom drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Billie Burke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carleton Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Constance Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ Hank Worden NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeffrey Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ford Stock Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Juano Hernández NERFINISHED ⓘ Judson Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ Willis Bouchey NERFINISHED ⓘ Woody Strode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmPosterDesigner | Reynold Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | representation of African American soldiers in Westerns ⓘ |
| leadActor | Jeffrey Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Constance Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sergeant Braxton Rutledge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Howard Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | court-martial of a Black U.S. cavalry sergeant ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Hollywood Western centered on a Black protagonist
ⓘ
exploration of racism in the U.S. military and justice system ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
false accusation of murder
ⓘ
false accusation of rape ⓘ |
| portraysTheme |
honor and duty
ⓘ
military justice ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionFormat |
CinemaScope
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 111 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
James Warner Bellah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Willis Goldbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Arizona Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sergeant Rutledge Description of subject: Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 Western courtroom drama film directed by John Ford that broke ground by centering on a Black U.S. cavalry sergeant, played by Woody Strode, who is falsely accused of rape and murder.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.