What Is ‘Sergeant Rutledge’ About?
Ford’s film depicts the West with both mundanity and poignancy.
Ford fought to have Strode take the lead, as the studio preferred established Black actors likeSidney PoitierandHarry Belafonte.
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ThroughSergeant Rutledge, Ford lays bare the biases of frontier justice.
A committed soldier, Sergeant Rutledge still struggles to get a fair hearing.
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