The Scalphunters (1968)
The entire premise and plot of The Scalphunters is pretty dated. It's difficult to actually enjoy this movie unless Burt Lancaster is your favorite actor of all time. He stars as a fur trapper whose stock gets stolen by a band of violent Indians, who leave Burt with a piece of property they believe is a fair trade for the furs: a slave. Ossie Davis is better educated than Burt and that’s supposed to be funny. See what I mean? This movie is extremely dated.
The rest of the movie features Burt and Ossie teaming up to try and find the Indians and win back the furs. Modern audiences will not be rooting for them, since it is not considered fashionable anymore to kill animals for their skins. Telly Savalas is a rival fur trader who is also after the stock. Shelley winters is Telly’s girlfriend, which brings me to the only interesting part of the movie:
Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters had a torrid affair years before, and I wondered how they could have been reunited in this movie. Yes, Deborah Kerr had the guts (or desire for revenge) to have an onscreen sex scene with Burt fifteen years after their affair – but however theirs ended, it couldn’t have been as painful as his and Shelley’s. If you watch this movie closely, you’ll notice that they never share a frame together; perhaps she insisted (understandably so) that they never went to work on the same days.
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The rest of the movie features Burt and Ossie teaming up to try and find the Indians and win back the furs. Modern audiences will not be rooting for them, since it is not considered fashionable anymore to kill animals for their skins. Telly Savalas is a rival fur trader who is also after the stock. Shelley winters is Telly’s girlfriend, which brings me to the only interesting part of the movie:
Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters had a torrid affair years before, and I wondered how they could have been reunited in this movie. Yes, Deborah Kerr had the guts (or desire for revenge) to have an onscreen sex scene with Burt fifteen years after their affair – but however theirs ended, it couldn’t have been as painful as his and Shelley’s. If you watch this movie closely, you’ll notice that they never share a frame together; perhaps she insisted (understandably so) that they never went to work on the same days.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Jack" for posting!
More Shelley Winters movies here!