, the Black Western in theaters now and on Netflix on Nov. 3, owes a tip of the Stetson to Woody Strode, one of the NFL’s first Black players , who later found a niche playing strong, silent types in Westerns., as the Ethiopian gladiator whose death sparks a rebellion.
It was on the set of 1959’s, a Korean War film, that Strode met John Ford . Ford was so impressed with Strode, he gave him the starring role in 1960’s, a Technicolor Western about a U.S. Cavalry sergeant falsely accused of raping a white woman and killing her father. Warner Bros. wanted Sidney Poitier, but Ford pushed back, saying he wasn’t “tough enough” to play Rutledge.
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