The Scalphunters

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

Apr 2 1968 Not Rated 1h 42m
Comedy, Western

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.

Plot

Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raided themselves by a group of scalphunters under the greedy Howie. Not only the hides, but also Joseph falls into their hands. Now Joe follows them alone and tries to trick the numerical superior group out of his hides.

Written by

William W. Norton

Directed by

Sydney Pollack

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Norlan Productions, Bristol Films, United Artists

Languages

English

Awards

3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
4,751
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA