Overview
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Cast
- Jeffrey Hunter as Lt. Tom Cantrell
- Woody Strode as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
- Constance Towers as Mary Beecher
- Billie Burke as Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
- Juano Hernández as Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
- Willis Bouchey as Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
- Carleton Young as Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
- Judson Pratt as Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
- Chuck Roberson as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
- Chuck Hayward as Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)