I am a movie buff.  From the time I lived alone at age 18, and watched Rudolph Valentino and Lon Chaney movies into the wee hours to keep myself company, I've been hooked.  Movies transport, entertain, instruct and can grab your heart and tear it out.  That being said, the question is, HOW did I get to age 55 without watching The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, especially since I love, love, love Humphrey Bogart?
I finally saw it on TCM this week and I was mesmerized.
It's a story of good vs. evil, of good becoming evil, of expectations met and unmet, and the intermingling of greed and paranoia.
 Humphrey Bogart's character transforms from an average guy, down on his luck, to a man obsessed with gold (both getting it and keeping it).  This transformation is  riveting and horrifying to both the audience and the other characters who are in the Mexican wilderness with him.
I have to say, though, that Walter Huston steals some of Humphrey Bogart's thunder by portraying a character both honest and real.  Walter Huston usually played dapper and handsome characters but he played this role with beard stubble and minus his false teeth.  Directed by his son, John Huston, it won him an academy award for best supporting actor.  I'm still thinking about his and Humphrey's performances, especially their facial expressions - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - a true film classic.