Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
John Ford晚年的对黑人反思之作，“我反对!如果将一个人的肤色作为证据甚至论据的做法，能够被本法庭接受的话。那么该接受审判的不是那位士兵，而应当是本法庭！”这个时期的福特在思想上肯定经历了巨变，法庭部分虽然事关中士生死，却拍的戏谑搞笑。最后靠的还是幕后黑手言语中的逻辑漏洞被白人主角识破，才结束了这场审判（但是受审的拉特利奇中士人物形象扁平且对情节缺乏推动力，虽然名为主角，但重点依然在白人身上...
