Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
Director: John Huston
Writer: John Huston, B. Traven
Producer: Henry Blanke
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American neo-western film written and directed by John Huston, and starring Humphrey Bogart, with Walter Huston, Tim Holt, and Bruce Bennett in supporting roles. Based on B. Traven's 1927 novel of the same name, the film follows two downtrodden men who join forces with a grizzled old prospector in searching for gold in Mexico.
Trivia
- Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
- Won the Academy Award for Best Director.
- Won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture.
- Based on The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1927 adventure novel by B. Traven).
- Director John Huston first read the novel by B. Traven in 1935 and thought the material would make a great movie with his father in the main role.
- Based on a 19th-century ballad by a German poet, Traven's book reminded Huston of his adventures in the Mexican cavalry.
- After a smashing success with his directorial debut The Maltese Falcon, Huston started to work on the project.
Filming Locations
- Tampico
- Jungapeo Municipality
- Durango
- Sierra Madre Occidental
- Kernville
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was one of the early Hollywood films to be filmed on location outside the U.S., but many scenes were filmed back in the studio and elsewhere in the U.S. Filming took five and a half months.
- Most of the location shooting in Mexico took place in Tampico, Tamaulipas and a Jungapeo – a remote mountainous area in Michoacán where many of the wilderness scenes were shot.
- Other scenes were shot in Durango and the actual mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Sonora.
Previous Showings
10 Runs • 8 Festivals
Original Billings: 1 run (March 1, 1948)
Original Run: March 1, 1948 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (10):
- March 1, 1948 (Sunday - Wednesday)Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston
- January 10 - 13, 1997Featuring Humphrey Bogartw/ Key Largo
- January 10 - 13, 1998w/ Key Largo
- March 3 - 5, 2006Winter 2006w/ To Have and Have Not
- December 5 - 11, 2008Humphrey Bogart Also, Holiday Favoritesw/ High Sierra
- December 4 - 6, 2010Fall 2010 Featuring film noir every Thursday and Fridayw/ In a Lonely Place
- October 17 - 20, 2013The Best of Bogart and Film Noir Classicsw/ Force of Evil
- September 16 - 18, 2017Warner Brosw/ The Searchers
- February 22 - 24, 2019Humphrey Bogart Festivalw/ Black Legion
- October 9 - 12, 2025Classic Westernsw/ Stagecoach