Dobbs and Curtin constantly argue until one night when Dobbs shoots Curtin and takes all the gold. Howard leaves his goods with Dobbs and Curtin and says he will meet them later. When the boy recovers, the next day, the villagers insist that Howard return with them to be honored. Howard is called away to assist local villagers with a seriously ill little boy. Moved by the letter, Howard and Curtin agree to give part of their share to Cody's family, but Dobbs declines to do the same. A loving letter from his wife reveals that he was trying to provide for his family. The three prospectors examine Cody's personal effects. A genuine troop of Federales suddenly appears and pursues Gold Hat and his gang. After a tense parley, a gunfight ensues, and Cody is killed. As they announce their verdict, pistols in hand, Gold Hat and his bandits arrive. Howard, Curtin and Dobbs discuss it and vote to kill him. He boldly proposes to join their outfit and share in any future takings. When he confronts the three men, they lie about what they are doing there, but he is not fooled. Cody secretly follows Curtin back to the encampment. On a supply trip to Durango, Curtin is spotted making purchases by a Texan named Cody. The men agree to divide the gold dust immediately and hide their shares. But as the gold piles up, Dobbs becomes increasingly distrustful of the other two. The men toil under harsh conditions and amass a fortune in placer gold. After several days of arduous travel, he spots gold the others had missed. Howard proves to be the hardiest and most knowledgeable of the three. North of Durango, the trio heads into the remote Sierra Madre mountains. When Dobbs hits a small jackpot in the lottery, he, Curtin and Howard have enough money to buy supplies to go prospecting in the interior.ĭeparting Tampico by train, the three help repulse a bandit attack led by "Gold Hat". Dobbs and Curtin run into McCormick at a cantina, and collect their back wages after a bar fight. A loquacious ex-miner, he talks to them about gold prospecting and the perils of striking it rich. The two vagrants encounter an old man named Howard in a flophouse. When the project is completed and the men return to Tampico, McCormick skips out without paying them. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two broke American drifters, as roughnecks to help construct oil rigs for $8 per day (equivalent to $133 in 2022). In 1925, in the Mexican town of Tampico, labor contractor Pat McCormick recruits Fred C. In 1990, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was one of the early Hollywood productions to be shot on location outside the United States (in the state of Durango with street scenes in Tampico, Mexico), but many scenes were filmed back in the studio and elsewhere in the U.S. Traven's 1927 novel of the same name, set in 1925, and follows two downtrodden men (played by Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) who join forces with a grizzled old prospector ( Walter Huston, the director's father), in searching for gold in Mexico. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American Western film written and directed by John Huston.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |