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UNITED STATES · 1968

The Scalphunters

Sydney Pollack
frontier justice racial dynamics unlikely partnership survival and greed redemption arc
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Synopsis

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.

Year1968
CountryUnited States
DirectorSydney Pollack
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