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VHS : Sergeant RutledgeIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Juano Hernandez directed by: John Ford  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302751154 Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6302751152 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: July 22, 1994 Running Time: 111 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: May 18, 1960 Sales Rank: 15761 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - John Ford western classicEx-pioneering footballer Woody Strode, gives a powerful performance as top sergeant of U.S. cavalry troop 9 Braxton Rutledge, stationed in Arizona territory in the 1880's, in John Ford's underrated "Sergeant Rutledge". Rutledge, a proud, brave and heroic soldier and ex-slave has been unjustly accused of a double homicide and is standing for a court martial. His long time comrade Lt. Tom Cantrell played by Jeffrey Hunter is acting as Strode's defense counsel. Braxton is a member of ... Read More Rating:  - Buffalo SoldiersToo many Americans are still ignoirant about the role of the Black "Buffalo Soldiers" that did a great deal to tame and build the West. This is a very good movie with stout portrayal of the position the black soldiers were in, fighting the Indians on the plains and their own fellow soldiers and the prejudicial system of the day. As a white American and combat vetran who fought beside black Marines, I am not only proud of the history these black Americans wrote, but of the way they wrote ... Read More Rating: - A great choice for DVDThis is surely a great title for a DVD release. It's no doubt one the best films by Mr. John Ford. The story is thrilling and remains undated. The battle scenes are great fun. It comes after "The Seachers", in importance, among other great Ford's films. Finally, if that's not enough, just the sight of Jeffrey Hunter in uniform and his fantastic set of blue eyes in Widescreen, would be worth buying two copies. Can't wait! Bring it right now! Rating: - A courageous filmWhat stands out for me about this film is not simply that it deals with racial prejudice at a time when blacks were still struggling for their basic civil rights (there were at the time other films that already dealt with this racism), but rather that it unflinchingly confronted perhaps its most sensitive and poisonous manifestation, namely the fear of whites, especially white males, of the black man ravishing the white woman. In this film, we are set up with the classic stereotype of such fantasies, ... Read More Rating: - A cavalry film with a twist...Director John Ford's strident civil rights drama, set among a troop of African-American "Buffalo Soldiers" in the post-Civil War frontier, is more than a little heavy-handed, but has its heart in the right place. Woody Strode plays a veteran cavalryman falsely accused of molesting a white woman, and facing a legal lynching at the hands of a kangaroo court presumably typical of the times. The script is relentessly one-sided, but is aided by an innovative narrative structure, with "Ran"-like flashbacks ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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