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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Directed by John Huston. With Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett. Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
- (133K)
- Adventure, Drama, Western
- John Huston
- 1948-01-24
It is an adaptation of B. Traven 's 1927 novel of the same name, set in 1925, and follows two downtrodden men (played by Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) who join forces with a grizzled old prospector ( Walter Huston, the director's father), in searching for gold in Mexico.
Walter Huston famously dances a gold dust jig in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” which premiered January 14, 1948. Humphrey Bogart and ...
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Feb 18, 2022 · John Huston's grim fable Treasure of the Sierra Madre ends with a bitter lesson about the true value of gold.
Walter Huston won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film, while John Huston won the Best Director Academy Award, thus making them the first father and son to win at the same ceremony.
May 31, 2022 · With the aid of a fellow American named Bob Curtin (Tim Holt) and a crusty prospector who goes by Howard (Walter Huston), Fred strikes it rich looking for gold in the Sierra Madre mountains.
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They pass by and overhear a scruffy, experienced, eccentric, toothless old gold prospector named Howard (Walter Huston, the director's father) who has gathered an enthralled audience while describing the adventurous hunt for gold: Howard: Gold in Mexico? Why sure there is.
