When a military officer and his daughter turn up dead, "witnesses" claim that Sgt. Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode) is to blame. But is his real crime the fact that he's black?Escaping from prison during an Indian raid, only to return so he can warn his fellow soldiers of an impending attack, he proves his honor despite the racism around him.
John Ford helms this landmark Western, the first in its genre to feature an African-American hero.