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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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Western
- Sydney Pollack
- 1968-04-02
A western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters and Telly Savalas. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and other crew members on IMDb.
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.
Illiterate fur trapper Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster) is coerced by some Kiowa Indians into trading his haul for a well-educated, escaped slave named...
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- Burt Lancaster
- Sydney Pollack
- Western, Comedy
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. But when the Indians are...
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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.
