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John Huston. Actor: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades.
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Legendary director, John Huston, created many timeless classics over his incredible career. His films were consistently timely, gritty, realistic and excellent. Here are 21 of the best of the great John Huston.
John Huston, with uncluttered direction and expert handling of actors, has fashioned a disturbing tale of the fringe side of overzealous religious preachers in the deep South.
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- 'The Treasure of Sierra Madre' (1948) Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100% Fred Dobbs (Bogart) and Bob Curtain (Tim Holt) are drifters who meet up with a former prospector, Howard (Walter Huston) in Mexico and search for gold in the mountains of Sierra Madre.
- 'Fat City' (1972) Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100% Former champion boxer, Billy Tully (Stacy Keach) becomes inspired to restart his career while training a young boxer named Ernie (Jeff Bridges).
- 'The Maltese Falcon' (1941) Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 99% Private eye, Sam Spade (Bogart) is hired by an elusive woman (Mary Astor) but as soon as he takes the job, his partner winds up dead.
- 'The Man Who Would Be King' (1975) Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 97% English officers, Peachy Carnehan (Michael Caine) and Danny Dravot (Sean Connery) are stationed in India and have grown tired of their lives as soldiers.
- Chinatown. Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. 26 votes. In the heart of Los Angeles, private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is immersed in a web of deceit and corruption in the neo-noir classic Chinatown.
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Paul Newman, Victoria Principal, Anthony Perkins. 21 votes. Saved from near death by a young Mexican girl, a former outlaw sets himself up as sole arbiter of the law in a small town.
- Man in the Wilderness. Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon. 13 votes. When an expedition of early 1800s fur trappers in the American Northwest encounters a bear while hunting, their scout, Zach (Richard Harris), is unfortunately mauled.
- Casino Royale. Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven. 19 votes. This wacky send-up of James Bond films stars David Niven as the iconic debonair spy, now retired and living a peaceful existence.
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He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1961), Fat City (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and Prizzi's Honor (1985).
