Sergeant Rutledge1960
Genre: Crime, Western
Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 American Technicolor Western crime film starring Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode and Billie Burke. It was directed by John Ford and shot on location in Monument Valley, Utah.
The film starred Strode as a black first sergeant… more »
Capt. Shattuck:
You are trying to trade your murderer's bravery for the mercy of the court! Isn't that it?
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge:
No, sir, that is not it at all!
Capt. Shattuck:
All right, Rutledge, if that isn't it, what was it?
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge:
It was because the Ninth Cavalry was my home, my real freedom, and my self-respect, and the way I was desertin' it, I wasn't [voice cracking] nuthin' worse than a swamp-runnin' n*gger, and I ain't that! Do you hear me? I'm a man!
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