Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
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)
Phil Adams
as Court Guard (uncredited)
Mario Arteaga
as Mexican (uncredited)
