If you're tired of westerns that rely on brooding characters and minimal conversation, this film might be just what you’re looking for. The movie centers around “Joe” (Burt Lancaster), a trapper who loses his winter supplies to some local Indians. He finds himself traveling with “Joseph Lee” (Ossie Davis) after an exchange. Joe isn't certain about their arrangement, but that can wait until he recovers his furs. Howev…

This entertaining Western from the late sixties features Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, and Telly Savalas. The film centers on a tough trapper (Lancaster) who is compelled by Kiowas to exchange his prized furs for an educated escaped slave (Davis). To retrieve those furs, they pursue the Native Americans, subsequently encountering a group of scalphunters headed by a loud, bald man (Savalas). Shelley Winters also app…

You’d probably rise to a position of power even if you were dropped into a pigpen. The Scalphunters was directed by Sydney Pollack and features a screenplay by William W. Norton, based on the novel of the same name by Ed Friend. The film includes performances from Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Telly Savalas, and Shelley Winters. It’s a Panavision/De Luxe Colour production with music composed by Elmer Bernstein and …