Duty, Dignity, and the Desert: Re-evaluating “Sergeant Rutledge”
Directed by John Ford and released in 1960, Sergeant
Rutledge is a groundbreaking Western that blends a courtroom drama with the
rugged aesthetics of Monument Valley. The film stars Woody Strode in a
career-defining ti read more
Woody Strode is “Sergeant Rutledge”
Sergeant Rutledge (1960) is an American Western film directed by John Ford, starring Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, and Woody Strode in the title role. Other actors in the supporting cast include Billie Burke and Juano Hernandez. Of all of read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 8, 2021
“It’s alright for Mr. Lincoln to say we’re free, but that ain’t so. Maybe someday, but not yet.” – Sergeant Rutledge Sergeant Rutledge rarely gets talked about with the greatest westerns or even the greatest westerns of John Ford. Without getting overly effusive read more
Sergeant Rutledge
Directed by John Ford
Written by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck
1960/USA
John Ford Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental Two years before To Kill a Mockingbird, John Ford gave us this courtroom drama/Western about a Buffalo solider accused of raping and killing a whi read more
