Handlung
Rutledge ist Sergeant in einer afroamerikanischen Einheit der US-Kavallerie. Als er verdächtigt wird seinen vorgesetzten Colonel getötet und dessen Tochter vergewaltigt und erwürgt zu haben, flieht er, wird aber kurz darauf wieder festgenommen. Vor Gericht gestellt beteuert er seine Unschuld, doch außer seinem Verteidiger glaubt ihm keiner. Mühsam wird der Fall aufgerollt und gemeinsam versucht man die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen...
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Besetzung
Jeffrey Hunter
Lt. Tom Cantrell
Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Constance Towers
Mary Beecher
Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Juano Hernández
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)
Chuck Roberson
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
Phil Adams
Court Guard (uncredited)
Mario Arteaga
Mexican (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Clifton Brandon
Trooper (uncredited)
Naaman Brown
Trooper (uncredited)
Louis Byrd
Trooper (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Jane Crowley
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Shug Fisher
Mr. Owens (uncredited)
Eugene Gaines
Trooper (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
William Henry
Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
James Johnson
Trooper (uncredited)
Rafer Johnson
Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Lewis
Indian (uncredited)
Fred Libby
Chandler Hubble (uncredited)
Marvin Luster
Trooper (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Sam Beecher (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)
Toby Michaels
Lucy Dabney (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Trusse R. Norris
Trooper (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Dr. Walter Eckner (uncredited)
Ed Shaw
Chris Hubble (uncredited)
Bobby Lee Smith
Trooper (uncredited)
Ed Sweeny
Sentry (uncredited)
Walter Torrence
Trooper (uncredited)
David Washington
Trooper (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Court Guard (uncredited)
Lloyd Winston
Trooper (uncredited)
Sheb Wooley
Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Laredo (uncredited)