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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by James Warner Bellah ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy | Woody Strode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Bert Glennon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jack Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalUnit | 9th Cavalry Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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courtroom drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Billie Burke
NERFINISHED
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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
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exploration of racism in the U.S. military and justice system ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
false accusation of murder
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false accusation of rape ⓘ |
| portraysTheme |
honor and duty
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military justice ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionFormat |
CinemaScope
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Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 111 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
James Warner Bellah
NERFINISHED
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Willis Goldbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Arizona Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
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