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| A Classic of Western Cinema. “If ever a Western could be said to have something for everybody, it’s The Scalphunters, says the Motion Picture Herald of this rousing adventure yarn spiced throughout with irresistible humour and satirical commentary on race relations. In a performance full of fire and vinegar, Burt Lancaster plays Joe Bass, a crusty, frontier-wise fur trapper. Joe’s hard-earned cargo of pelts is seized by a band of “friendly” Kiowas in exchange for a runaway slave they have captured. As the educated, city-bred Joseph, Ossie Davis is as determined to get his freedom as Lancaster is to get his furs back. Enter a band of marauding scalphunters led by Telly Savalas and accompanied by a cigar-chomping Shelley Winters and all hell breaks loose! Blending hard-hitting action with free-wheeling farce, writer William Norton and director Sydney Pollack, Tootsie, Out of Africa) succeed in delivering great outdoor entertainment. |