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The Scalphunters (1968) was a Comedy - Western Film directed by Sydney Pollack and produced by Burt Lancaster, Arnold Laven, Arthur Gardner and Jules V. Levy.

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Burt Lancaster and Ossie Davis Take on The Scalphunters

By Rick29 on Jun 22, 2020 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Burt Lanaster as Joe Bass. When easygoing trapper Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster) takes a shortcut through Kiowa land, he is confronted by a party of Indians led by Two Crows. The Kiowa leader wants to trade a black slave for Bass's pelts. The trapper isn't interested in the deal--but he's really doesn't... Read full article


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Jim Howie: Go get yourself some clothes on! I don't want these men gettin' any horny notions!
Kate: Stop talkin'like a Baptist preacher. If I had half the boots been stuck under my bed, I bet I could outfit the United States Cavalry!


Joe Bass: [to Joseph Lee] Throw you in a pigpen, and you'd come out vice-president of the hogs.


Joe Bass: [to the Indians who are bilking him out of his furs] You're all right, Two Crows. You oughta be a white man. They'd make you captain of the steamboat and president of the bank. Just because you own this damn country!


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Also directed by Sydney Pollack




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Also produced by Burt Lancaster




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Also released in 1968




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