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The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968
102 min
Comedy Western

Plot Summary

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.

6.4
IMDb Rating
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Ratings & Reviews

6.4
IMDb Rating

Technical Details

102 min
Runtime
1968-02-29
Release Date
Movie
Content Type
1968
Year
Genres
Comedy Western

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User Reviews

Wuchak

Wuchak

6.0/10
Recent

***Amusing late 60s Western with Lancaster, Ossie Davis and Savalas*** A rugged trapper (Burt Lancaster) is forced by a band of Kiowas to trade his valuable furs for an educated runaway slave (Ossie Davis). To get the furs back, they follow the Indians and, then, a band of scalphunters, led by a boisterous bald guy (Telly Savalas). Shelley Winters is also on hand. What’s notable about “The Scalphunters” (1968), besides the cast, is that the entire story takes place in the Southwest wilder...

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John Chard

John Chard

8.0/10
Recent

Throw you in a pigpen, and you'd come out vice-president of the hogs. The Scalphunters is directed by Sydney Pollack and adapted to screenplay by William W. Norton from the novel of the same name written by Ed Friend. It stars Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Telly Savalas and Shelley Winters. A Panavision/De Luxe Colour production, music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by Richard Moore and Duke Callaghan. Joe Bass (Lancaster) is a fur trapper making his way home with his latest haul ...

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