Movie of the Week: ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’

“The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) – “Hey, Buddy.  Can you stake a fellow American to a meal?”  – Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) Fred is down on his luck.  He’s broke, unemployed, and he lives on the streets of Tampico, Tamaulipas, located on Mexico’s east coast. However – out of the clear blue sky – a wealthy entrepreneur (Barton MacLane) gives Fred a two-week job!   Unfortunately, his temporary employment doesn’t work out like Fred envisioned, so he turns to Plan B:  taking an old gold-miner’s (Walter Huston) advice.…