Sunday, September 14, 2014

# 97 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American dramatic adventurous neo-western written and directed by John Huston. It is a feature film adaptation of B. Traven's 1927 novel of the same name, about two financially desperate Americans, Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), who in the 1920s join initially reluctant old-timer Howard (Walter Huston, the director's father) in Mexico to prospect for gold.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was one of the first Hollywood films to be filmed on location outside the United States (in the state of Durango and street scenes in Tampico, Mexico), although many scenes were filmed back in the studio and elsewhere in the US. The film is quite faithful to the source novel. In 1990, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Directed byJohn Huston
Produced byHenry Blanke
Screenplay byJohn Huston
Based onThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
by B. Traven
StarringHumphrey Bogart
Walter Huston
Tim Holt
Bruce Bennett
Music byMax Steiner
CinematographyTed D. McCord
Edited byOwen Marks
Production
company
Warner Bros.-First National Picture
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • January 6, 1948
Running time126 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million
Box office$4,307,000 (rentals)

0 comments :

Post a Comment

 

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Contact our Support

Email us: youremail@gmail.com

About Us

Type Text here