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The Scalphunters is a 1968 American Western film starring Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis and Telly Savalas. The film was directed by Sydney Pollack, with the score written by Elmer Bernstein. Davis was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film.
A fur trapper tries to recover his stolen furs and a runaway slave from scalphunters and Indians in this 1968 film directed by Sydney Pollack. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
The Scalphunters. When trapper Joe Bass (Lancaster) is bushwhacked by Indians who steal his furs and leave him a runaway slave (Davis) in exchange, he's determined to get his property back....
Illiterate fur trapper Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster) is coerced by some Kiowa Indians into trading his haul for a well-educated, escaped slave named Joseph Lee (Ossie Davis). Bass seeks to track the ...
Overview. Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them. Sydney Pollack. Director. William W. Norton. Screenplay.
A movie that masquerades as a Western but mixes action, comedy, social comment and farce. Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Telly Savalas and Shelley Winters star in this "interesting" and entertaining film directed by Sydney Pollack.
The Kiowas trade a freed slave, Joseph Lee (Davis), for the furs but are soon attacked by a band of scalphunters led by Jim Howie (Savalas). Lee joins Howie's band with the idea of a subterfuge to reclaim the furs, but is caught and held captive by the scalphunters.
