The Scalphunters (1968)
He'll stop at nothing to take back what's his.
Oscar®-winning* director Sydney Pollack delivers a "rousing good show" (The Film Daily) with this fast-paced western full of "irresistible humour" and "delightful ironies" (Motion Picture Herald). Starring Oscar® winners** Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters along with Telly Savalas and Ossie Davis, The Scalphunters is "a lively, ribald and unpredictable pleasure which carries the western into new country" (Los Angeles Times)!
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 attacked by outlaws, Joe and his unwanted companion must join forces to retrieve the furs in a startling, action-packed journey of self-discovery that concludes with one of the "all-time cinematic comeuppances" (Citizen-News)!
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 103mins |
| Origin: | UNITED STATES |
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Peter D.
says
i thought it was great, it had good dialogue, was amusing and a bit wacky, not what you expect in an old western.
i wasnt really a fan of burt lancaster but i am now, he was excellent as joe bass.
Jack K.
says
Catch the mellow humour in this roughhouse romp somewhere in the Wild West. It’s complete with hollering (Holly)wild injuns, an outlaw band of ‘cut-scalp’ bounty collectors, a crotchety but resourceful fur trapper, and an erudite runaway slave, but no cowboys of the bronco breaking kind. Using a covered wagon boudoir with brass bed as one example, director Sydney Pollack never lets the absurd chase-the-pelts plot take itself seriously, mainly achieved through the crisp performances of Davis, Lancaster, Savalas and a saucy Winters. They’re both having and poking fun. A 60s civil rights message surfaces as black-white racial boundaries merge into a muddy equality at the conclusion of a Davis and Lancaster brawl. All in all, enticing! Three and a half stars.
Fred W.
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