Film

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre NR Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster. The film won Academy Awards for Best Director and Actor for the Huston brothers and Best Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture. It won Best Picture at the Golden Globes along with the same accolades for the Huston brothers. CAST: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya DIRECTOR: John Huston RUN TIME: 126 min