The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is
John Huston's
American feature film adaptation of
B. Traven's
novel of the same name, in which two penurious
Americans (
Humphrey Bogart and
Tim Holt) during 1920s in
Mexico join with an old-timer (
Walter Huston, the director's father) to prospect for
gold. The old-timer accurately predicts trouble, but is willing to go anyway.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was one of the first
Hollywood films to be filmed almost entirely on location outside the
United States (in the state of
Durango and street scenes in
Tampico, Mexico), although the night scenes were filmed back in the studio. The film is quite faithful to the novel.
Story and historical setting