The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(1948)
Rusty: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Walter Huston)
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (John Huston)
National Film RegistryAward nominations: Academy Award for Best PictureAward details: (details at IMDb)
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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 and Bob Curtin, who in the 1920s join initially reluctant old-timer Howard 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, 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".