

The Scalphunters
"I'M JOE BASS and I say that scalphunters are the most ornery, girl-grabbing, back-stubbers on earth. I HUNT 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.
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- Language
- English
- slavery
- scalp
- native american
- fur trapping
- escaped slave
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR2 Apr 1968
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalLondon29 Feb 1968
- PhysicalPGDVD5 Jul 2004
BrazilBR
- Physical14Nordeste Dist. mj.gov.br17 Oct 2007
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP1 Feb 1969
GermanyDE
- Theatrical128 Nov 1968
HungaryHU
- TheatricalKN14 Feb 1980
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG3 May 1968
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1529 Feb 1968
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The Scalphunters was released on 29 February 1968.
Audience reviews
3- J8/10
John Chard
3/5/2019
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. …
- W6/10
Wuchak
2/17/2020
***Amusing late 60s Western with Lancaster, Ossie Davis and Savalas*** A rugged trapper (Burt Lancaster) is forced by a band of Kiowas to trade his valuable furs for an educated runaway slave (Ossie Davis). To get the furs back, they follow the Indians and, then, a band of scalphunters, led by a boisterous bald guy (Telly Savalas). Shelley Winters is also on hand. What’s notable about “The Scalphunters” (1968)…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/9/2026
If you are looking for an antithesis to so many broody and dialogue-light westerns, then this could well do the trick. “Joe” (Burt Lancaster) is a trapper who is robbed of his winter’s work by some local Indians and left with “Joseph Lee” (Ossie Davis) by way of a trade. He is unsure what he will do with his erudite new travelling companion, but that can wait until he retrieves his furs. Before he gets the chance, th…
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