The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American dramatic adventurous neowestern with elements of Film Noir, written and directed by John Huston. It is a feature film adaptation of B. Travens 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 oldtimer Howard Walter Huston, the directors father in Mexico to prospect for gold.

By the 1920s in Mexico the violence of the Mexican Revolution had largely subsided, although scattered gangs of bandits continued to terrorize the countryside. The newly established postrevolution government relied on the effective, but ruthless, Federal Police, commonly known as the Federales, to patrol remote areas and dispose of the bandits.Foreigners, like three gold prospectors from the U.S. Fred, Bob, and Howard were at very real risk of being murdered by the bandits if their paths crossed. The bandits suffered a similar fate if captured by the Mexican Federales or army units. Onthespot, bandidos were forced to dig their own graves and given a last cigarette before the death sentence was carried out. ........

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