The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (5/10) Movie CLIP - The Stranger's Proposition (1948) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
A stranger (Bruce Bennett) lays out the gang's options, they can either kill him, run him off, or make him a partner.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
John Huston's 1948 treasure-hunt classic begins as drifter Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), down and out in Tampico, Mexico, impulsively spends his last bit of dough on a lottery ticket. Later on, Dobbs and fellow indigent Curtin (Tim Holt) seek shelter in a cheap flophouse and meet Howard (Walter Huston), a toothless, garrulous old coot who regales them with stories about prospecting for gold. Forcibly collecting their pay from their shifty boss, Dobbs and Curtin combine this money with Dobbs's unexpected windfall from a lottery ticket and, together with Howard, buy the tools for a prospecting expedition. Dobbs has pledged that anything they dig up will be split three ways, but Howard, who's heard that song before, doesn't quite swallow this. As the gold is mined and measured, Dobbs grows increasingly paranoid and distrustful, and the men gradually turn against each other on the way toward a bitterly ironic conclusion. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a superior morality play and one of the best movie treatments of the corrosiveness of greed. Huston keeps a typically light and entertaining touch despite the strong theme, for which he won Oscars for both Director and Screenplay, as well as a supporting award for his father Walter, making Walter, John, and Anjelica Huston the only three generations of one family all to win Oscars.

CREDITS:
TM & © Warner Bros. (1948)
Cast: Bruce Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter Huston
Director: John Huston
Producers: Henry Blanke, Jack L. Warner
Screenwriters: John Huston, B. Traven

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[geoffm]

This marvellous film is an all time classic. Great acting performances from Huston, Bogart, Holt and Bennett! Superb storyline and convincing dialogue. The director, John Huston does an amazing job in maintaining the tension and drama throughout the film. A real masterpiece of acting and direction.

[TheMrsmartass]

My favourite thing about this movie is how the dynamics change, first its Dobbsy by himself, then he finds Curtin and they become instant compadre's and live off each other in a healthy way, then once they get their plan and set off with the Old Man they become untrustworthy of the Old Man, then once they have a find, they become untrustworthy of each other and start to sorta trust the Old Man, but once Cody shows up it's suddenly a two side switch, with Dobbsy, Curtin and the Old Man on one side, and Cody on the other, then another shift is when they see the bandits coming their way, they are now all on the same team, even feeling saddened with the loss of Cody, as if they were starting to like him, I mean hell if it wasn't for him and his rifle they woulda died all 4 of 'em. The movie is a masterpiece that I stupidly didn't watch for a long time until just yesterday.

[inkey]

I love listening to this guy lay out the options. What a politician

[nobodyaskedbut]

This magnificent film has the ultimate element which is missing in almost all films made in the last 30 years or so and that's art. What's forgotten in film making today is the fact that movies are not real life. They are make believe and they require a large factor of entertainment. One of the many things that makes this masterwork the greatest American film is John Huston's incomparable ability to combine both creative expression and realism.

[tmrezzek]

Terrific scene featuring Bruce Bennett, former Olympic triathlete (when he was Herman Brix) turned dependable character actor. It shows how a good actor like Bennett could really shine with a great director like John Huston. Bennett had trouble getting into this scene (how to position himself, how to look at the other actors) until Huston called for a break and asked Bennett what was wrong. Bennett explained his problem and Huston merely looked at him and said, "Kid, you're SMARTER than these guys!" The next take, Bennett nailed the scene.

[poetcomic]

Bruce Bennett as the stranger couldn't get a handle on how to play his role. John Huston told him "you are SMARTER than all three of them and you know it." Huston was famous as a director who could 'give' the role to the actor with a few carefully chosen words.

[harriter]

Bruce Bennett fine actor....tim holt was as well....& of course Huston & Bogart

[rogoitan]

i feel sorry for cody, when they read the letter form his wife.

[JamesBond-mlzp]

Classic Movie, Kind of a Comedy for me, the way that Bogie SLOWLY loses his MIND!!!

[coolcat]

In the book the bandits weren’t so affable and jovial , they massacred a whole train full of innocent civilians, they even tortured them by setting the train on fire after they robbed them, the bandits all get killed by federales.

[Rickwmc]

0:40 "We'd get ya for that, we'd get ya if we had to go all the way to China."

[joep]

I'd forgotten this scene. Not just Bogie, but Tim Holt and Walter Huston decided to commit murder!

[MrNachoman]

they`re not soldier they are frito banditos

[simonsimon]

That Begger just shows up and wants a piece of the Goods. I agree with Fred C. Dobbs bump him off with the Cannons and be done with him. FRED C. Dobbs don't like being taken advantage of.

[billbright]

They were itching to blast that guy but good.
They wanted gold not some stranger horning in on the cash shares.
They were tired of that burrow stringing stranger so they all went for their guns.

[ADAMSIXTIES]

Cody has the most ridiculous dialogue of the whole script. He follows them, then says you can either kill me or make me a partner. It makes zero sense. His proposition is sure to result in his death, while he could have just waited in town until they were done and they do his own prospecting. No one would be that nonchalant about dying unless they were suicidal. But he has a wife; again zero sense.

[HBarnill]

Breaking Bad made a reference to this scene.