The Scalphunters

Feb 29, 1968

1h 42m

★ 6.4

"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.

Genres

Comedy

Western

Production Companies

Bristol Films

Norlan Productions

The Scalphunters Trailers

Cast

Joe Bass

Burt Lancaster

Kate

Shelley Winters

Jim Howie

Telly Savalas

Joseph Lee

Ossie Davis

Jed

Dabney Coleman

Frank

Paul Picerni

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Dan Vadis

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Armando Silvestre

Yancy

Nick Cravat

Scalphunter

Tony Epper

Scalphunter

Chuck Roberson

Scalphunter

John Epper

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