◆中文片名：荒野两匹狼(台)/黑白双虎将(港)/双虎将大追踪(其他)
◆英文片名：The Scalphunters
◆导 演：悉尼 波拉克 (Sydney Pollack)
◆编 剧：William W. Norton
◆主 演：Burt Lancaster .... Joe Bass
谢利·温特斯 Shelley Winters .... Kate
Telly Savalas .... Jim Howie
奥西·戴维斯 Ossie Davis .... Joseph Winfield Lee
达布尼·科尔曼 Dabney Coleman .... Jed
Paul Picerni .... Frank
Dan Vadis .... Yuma
Armando Silvestre .... Two Crows
Nick Cravat .... Yancy
Tony Epper .... Scalphunter
Chuck Roberson .... Scalphunter
John Epper .... Scalphunter
Jack Williams .... Scalphunter
Gregorio Acosta .... Scalphunter (uncredited)
Pedro Aguilar .... Kiowa (uncredited)
How has a good movie like The Scalphunters become largely unknown over the years while everyone knows what The Matrix is? With a fine cast lead by the legendary Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Telly Savalis and Shelly Winters and with a lot of memorable dialogue and scenes, this is a great comedy western (Minor spoilers).
Joe Bass (Lancaster) is a fur trapper who has spent the whole winter collecting furs. When a pack of Indians lead by Two Crows take Joe's furs and leave him with Joseph Lee (Davis), an educated slave, Bass pursues the Indians to get his furs back. The two have a series of misadventures that also involves a party of Scalphunters lead by Jim Howie (Savalis), who take the furs from the Indians and also take Joseph Lee. Bass now has to get both his furs and his slave back.
The film works on many levels beside comedy. Some also might consider it a commentary on racial politics. The end of the movie, when Lancaster and Davis become covered in mud and are indistinguishable has some symbolism; the white and black man, while of a different color, are the same people.
