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Sergeant Rutledge

1960 · 111 min

A grave, talky courtroom drama that opens into dusty cavalry flashbacks, carrying real moral weight beneath its old-fashioned Western surface.

Directed by
John Ford
Genres
Western, Crime, Drama
Starring
Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers
Tagline
Forget all the suspense you have ever seen! Forget all the excitement you have ever known!
Overview
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

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Directed by
John Ford
Genres
Western, Crime, Drama
Starring
Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • justice
  • loyalty
  • deception
Places
  • military
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
western, crime, drama
Directed by
John Ford
Written by
Willis Goldbeck, James Warner Bellah
Starring
Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Juano Hernández, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Judson Pratt
Music
Howard Jackson
Cinematography
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Runtime
111 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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