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The Scalphunters
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.
1968 · Directed by Sydney Pollack · 102 min · Comedy · Western · 10 frames
Tagline
"I'M JOE BASS and I say that scalphunters are the most ornery, girl-grabbing, back-stubbers on earth. I HUNT SCALPHUNTERS!"
Crew
- Screenplay: William W. Norton
- Cinematography: Richard Moore, Duke Callaghan
- Edited by: John Woodcock
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Produced by: Roland Kibbee, Burt Lancaster, Jules V. Levy, Arnold Laven
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Joe Bass
- Shelley Winters as Kate
- Telly Savalas as Jim Howie
- Ossie Davis as Joseph Lee
- Dabney Coleman as Jed
- Paul Picerni as Frank
- Dan Vadis as Yuma
- Armando Silvestre as Two Crows
- Nick Cravat as Yancy
- Tony Epper as Scalphunter
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Bristol Films, Norlan Productions
- Themes: slavery, scalp, native american, fur trapping, escaped slave
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