One of the pleasures of doing the Reeling Backward column is discovering new talents I hadn't heard about before or rediscovering new aspects of actors and filmmakers with whom I had some familiarity. I've enjoyed finding more films from Ossie Davis' long movie career and I encountered another delightful performance in 1968's "The Scalphunters." It was Sydney Pollack's third feature film credit after his TV apprenticeship — an enjoyable Western comedy about a grizzled fur trader (Burt Lancaster,) an educated slave out of his element (Davis), some enterprising American Indians with their own peculiar take on capitalism, and the aforementioned scalphunters.
The Scalphunters (1968)
The Scalphunters (1968)
The Scalphunters (1968)
One of the pleasures of doing the Reeling Backward column is discovering new talents I hadn't heard about before or rediscovering new aspects of actors and filmmakers with whom I had some familiarity. I've enjoyed finding more films from Ossie Davis' long movie career and I encountered another delightful performance in 1968's "The Scalphunters." It was Sydney Pollack's third feature film credit after his TV apprenticeship — an enjoyable Western comedy about a grizzled fur trader (Burt Lancaster,) an educated slave out of his element (Davis), some enterprising American Indians with their own peculiar take on capitalism, and the aforementioned scalphunters.