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      The Scalphunters

      1968, Western/Comedy, 1h 42m

      10 Reviews 500+ Ratings

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      Illiterate fur trapper Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster) is coerced by some Kiowa Indians into trading his haul for a well-educated, escaped slave named Joseph Lee (Ossie Davis). Bass seeks to track the Indians and recover his treasure, while Joseph wants to travel to Mexico, where slavery is illegal. Their plans are complicated by the arrival of a band of scalphunters, led by Jim Howie (Telly Savalas), who want to kill the Indians, claim the furs and resell the black man.

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      • Nov 18, 2010

        Semi comic western offset by a little too much violence. Shelley Winters is amusing as a shady lady who rolls with the punches and Burt Lancaster and a very young Ossie Davis have a nice rapport.

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      • Dec 17, 2008

        Solid western. Good performances from all the actors. Good script. Nearly a great movie, but not quite.

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