The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American Western film written and directed by John Huston. 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.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | |
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Directed by | John Huston |
Screenplay by | John Huston |
Based on | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven |
Produced by | Henry Blanke |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
Edited by | Owen Marks |
Music by | Max Steiner |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million[1][2] |
Box office | $4.1 million[1] |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was one of the early Hollywood productions to be shot on location outside the United States (in the state of Durango with street scenes in Tampico, Mexico), but many scenes were filmed back in the studio and elsewhere in the U.S. 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".[3]