treasure of the Sierra Madre

treasure of the Sierra Madre - 03 July 2012

Screening: 7 pm
Released: 1948 USA
Rated: G
Running time: 126 mins
Director: John Huston
At: Lion's Den, Pomona

The classic Western directed by john Huston and starring the indefatiguable Humphrey Bogart in another of his defining roles.

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.