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The Scalphunters( 1968)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Burt Lancaster

      Joe Bass

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      Shelley Winters

      Kate

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      Telly Savalas

      Jim Howie

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      Ossie Davis

      Joseph Lee

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      Dabney Coleman

      Jed

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      Paul Picerni

      Frank

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      Dan Vadis

      Yuma

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      Armando Silvestre

      Two Crows

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      Nick Cravat

      Yancy

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      Tony Epper

      Scalphunter

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      Chuck Roberson

      Scalphunter

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      John Epper

      Scalphunter

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      Jack Williams

      Scalphunter

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      Gregorio Acosta

      Scalphunter (uncredited)

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      Pedro Aguilar

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Marco Antonio Arzate

      Scalphunter (uncredited)

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      Alicia De Lago

      Scalphunter's Woman (uncredited)

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      Néstor Domínguez

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Raúl Hernández

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Alejandro López

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Jose G. Martinez

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Raúl Martínez

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Francisco Oliva

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Benjamín Ramos

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Amelia Rivera

      Scalphunter's woman (uncredited)

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      Ángela Rodríguez

      Scalphunter’s woman (uncredited)

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      Agapito Roldán

      Scalphunter (uncredited)

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      Jose Salas

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Enrique Tello

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Rodolfo Toledo

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      Cuco Velázquez

      Kiowa (uncredited)

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      José Trinidad Villa

      (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Mar 05 2019
    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 when he is stopped by Kiowa Indians. Taking his furs they give him as payment a well educated slave, ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • slavery
    • scalp
    • native american
    • fur trapping
    • escaped slave