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Forget all the suspense you have ever seen! Forget all the excitement you have ever known!
Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 138 ratings · 18 May 1960 · English · 1h 51m · Released
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
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