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Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Humphrey Bogart gives a great performance in this tale of gold and greed and three prospectors who hit the mother lode.
--A. Pearson, Resident Scholar



Analysis of Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie: - 1900-1920's
Technology/treasure/info search Yes
involving: - money/gems/treasure
Wilderness adventure Yes
Plotlets: - searching for treasure
Western Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - emotionally unstable - wild
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - blonde
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - unemployed
Eccentric: Yes - wild - emotionally unstable - obsessed - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails
Jungles? Yes
Desert? Yes
Small town? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel... - concerned
How many deaths in film? - 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets? - 1 (None)
Kind of violence: - mental battles - guns
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Check here if B&W Yes
Any profanity? - None
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