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Title

  • The treasure of the Sierra Madre

Summary

  • Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two down-on-their luck Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Although they discover treasure, they also find plenty of trouble, not only from ruthless bandits lurking in the dangerous Mexican wilderness but from their own insecurities and greed, which threaten to bring conflict at any moment.

Names

  • Huston, John, 1906-1987, direction, writing.
  • Blanke, Henry, 1901-1981, production
  • Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957, cast.
  • Huston, Walter, 1884-1950, cast.
  • Holt, Tim, 1918-1973, cast.
  • Bennett, Bruce, 1906-2007, cast.
  • Bedoya, Alfonso, 1904-1957, cast.
  • Steiner, Max, 1888-1971, music.
  • Traven, B.
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Warner Brothers, 1948.

Headings

  • -  Gold miners--Mexico--Drama
  • -  Sierra Madre (Mexico)--Drama
  • -  Greed--Drama
  • -  Betrayal--Drama
  • -  Murder--Drama

Genre

  • Western films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP1439 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Based on the novel, Schatz der Sierra Madre by B. Traven.
  • -  Copyright: Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. 24Jan48; LP1439.
  • -  Humphrey Bogart (Dobbs), Walter Huston (Howard), Tim Holt (Curtin), Bruce Bennett (Cody), Alfonso Bedoya (Gold Hat).
  • -  Camera, Ted McCord ; editor, Owen Marks ; music, Max Steiner.
  • -  Parts of summary from the Internet movie database and from Fandango.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Not viewed.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog of motion pictures, 1940-1949; New York times, January 24,1948, p. 11; Variety, January 7,1948; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed March 23, 2018; Fandango WWW site, viewed March 23, 2018.

Medium

  • viewing print 14 film reels of 14 on 3 (ca. 118 min., ca. 4,250 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • theatrical projection print 14 film reels of 14 on 7 (ca. 126 min., ca. 11,406 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FDA 0366-0368 (viewing print)
  • FQA 7251-7257 (theatrical projection print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90706587

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bogart, Humphrey, Cast, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Alfonso Bedoya, Max Steiner, B Traven, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Copyright Collection. The treasure of the Sierra Madre. directeds by Huston, John, Ection, Writing, produceds by Blanke, Henry, Uction United States: Warner Brothers, 1948. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90706587/.

APA citation style:

Bogart, H., Huston, W., Holt, T., Bennett, B., Bedoya, A., Steiner, M. [...] Copyright Collection. (1948) The treasure of the Sierra Madre. Huston, J., dir, Blanke, H., prod United States: Warner Brothers. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90706587/.

MLA citation style:

Bogart, Humphrey, Cast, et al. The treasure of the Sierra Madre. dir by Huston, John, Ection, Writing, prod by Blanke, Henry, Uction United States: Warner Brothers, 1948. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90706587/>.