The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

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Bald Move

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This Hollywood classic is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Humphrey Bogart, the “Harrison Ford type” of his day, stars alongside Walter Huston and Tim Holt as poor prospectors in an increasingly desperate situation. Even if you haven’t seen Treasure of the Sierra Madre yet, you’ve seen it referenced in pop culture across the decades. Check out this bastion of The Golden Age with Jim and A.Ron as they give you a behind the scenes look at some of the shady dealings in the making of this film. Hey there! Check out https://support.baldmove.com/ to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content, as well as ad-free versions of the podcasts, for just $5 a month! Join the Club! Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to another bald move prestige film.
0:02.8	Today, we're talking about a movie that is celebrating its 75th anniversary this week.
0:10.1	It's the Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948's Western Adventure Film. is the screen wrote by the legendary John Houston. I guess he's not even the patriarch of the Houston family because his dad, Walter Houston, is one of the stars. Houston family, no stopping him.
0:32.0	It's based on the treasure of the Sierra Madre by one B. Traven and maybe it might be Traven and I have some stories to tell about this gentleman.
0:41.0	Oh boy.
0:42.0	As mentioned to Starrs, Bie himself, Humphrey Bogarts. You might have seen
0:46.4	him in the Maltese Falcon, African Queen, or Casablanca. Nope. If you were born in the last century.
0:55.0	As I mentioned, it stars Walter Houston, John Houston's father, who won an Oscar for his performance as the old coot
1:04.8	prospector in this movie.
1:07.0	Also stars Tim Holt who kind is only famous for this movie according to Wikipedia and
1:12.0	Bruce Bennett who was one of the silver screen's very first
1:15.6	Tarzan's, he also was a silver medalist in shotput in the 1928 Olympic Games.
1:21.2	It's turned in 75. This is the 75 this year. This is a revered
1:29.1	movie. It has I think a hundred% on rotten tomatoes.
1:33.4	Four stars in the great movies, Roger Ebert Archive.
1:38.0	One many, it was widely acclaimed in its day
1:42.1	and is kind of known as the best Humphrey Bogart performance.
1:45.5	If you're going to go to see one, I guess see the treasure of Sierra Madre,
1:49.6	I don't think you've seen this film.
1:53.6	What did you think of it, Jim?
1:56.6	I've actually never seen a single Humphrey Bogart movie.
1:59.7	I've never seen him perform.
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