Comedy ·Western · United States of America · 1968 · 1h 42m

The Scalphunters

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Director
Sydney Pollack
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
Crew
Richard Moore — Director of Photography Duke Callaghan — Director of Photography John Woodcock — Editor Elmer Bernstein — Original Music Composer William W. Norton — Screenplay Burt Lancaster — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
slaveryscalpnative americanfur trappingescaped slave
Key Collaborators
Sydney Pollack Director Richard Moore Director of Photography Duke Callaghan Director of Photography John Woodcock Editor Elmer Bernstein Original Music Composer William W. Norton Screenplay Burt Lancaster Producer Jules V. Levy Producer Roland Kibbee Producer Arthur Gardner Producer Arnold Laven Producer
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