The Scalphunters
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64% Critic Match

The Scalphunters

"I'M JOE BASS and I say that scalphunters are the most ornery, girl-grabbing, back-stubbers on earth. I HUNT SCALPHUNTERS!"

6.4 / 10 1968 1h 42mNR English
ComedyWestern

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Joe Bass

Lead
Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Kate

Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas

Jim Howie

Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis

Joseph Lee

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

Jed

Paul Picerni

Paul Picerni

Frank

DV

Dan Vadis

Yuma

AS

Armando Silvestre

Two Crows

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sydney Pollack's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Scalphunters is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker