The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

6.4IMDb Score
Released:1968-02-29
Duration:102 min
Director:Sydney Pollack
Actors:Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Dabney Coleman
Production:Bristol Films, Norlan Productions

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.

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