Nuthin' worse than a swamp-runnin' nigger, and I ain't that! Do you hear me? I'm a man!
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Capt. Shattuck:
You are trying to trade your murderer's bravery for the mercy of the court! Isn't that it? 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge:
No, sir, that is not it at all! Capt. Shattuck:
All right, Rutledge, if that isn't it, what was it? 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge:
It was because the Ninth Cavalry was my home, my real freedom, and my self-respect, and the way I was desertin' it, I wasn't [voice cracking] 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge:
nuthin' worse than a swamp-runnin' nigger, and I ain't that! Do you hear me? I'm a man!
You are trying to trade your murderer's bravery for the mercy of the court! Isn't that it? 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge:
No, sir, that is not it at all! Capt. Shattuck:
All right, Rutledge, if that isn't it, what was it? 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge:
It was because the Ninth Cavalry was my home, my real freedom, and my self-respect, and the way I was desertin' it, I wasn't [voice cracking] 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge:
nuthin' worse than a swamp-runnin' nigger, and I ain't that! Do you hear me? I'm a man!
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You are trying to trade your murderer's bravery
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for the mercy of this court isn't that it
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No sir That is not
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All right Rutledge If that isn't it what was it
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It was because the 9th Cavalry was my home
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My real freedom And my self respect
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And the way I was deserting it
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I wasn't nothing worse than a swamp running nigger
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And I ain't that
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Do you hear me I'm a man
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Movie Summary
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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Capt. Shattuck
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
