The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film) other... That's what the song is about."" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American dramatic adventurous neo-western written and directed by John Huston. It is an adaptation of B. Traven's 1927 novel of the same name, set in the 1920s, in which, driven by their desperate economic plight, two young men, Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), join old-timer Howard (Walter Huston, the director's father) in Mexico to prospect for gold. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" was one of the first Hollywood productions to be
Love and Bullets (1979 film) Love and Bullets (1979 film) Love and Bullets is a 1979 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Starring Charles Bronson, it is based on a screenplay by Wendell Mayes and John Melson. The film was originally to have been directed by John Huston and advertisements were taken out in "Variety" to promote this fact. Huston apparently did film some scenes but walked off the set after disagreements with the producers. Veteran director Rosenberg stepped in on the troubled production. The resulting movie received almost-unanimously poor reviews. Phoenix Police Detective Charlie Congers is tasked to assist the FBI in bringing a gangster's