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Which novel did John Huston adapt for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre?
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John Huston
John Huston (left) on the set of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
John Huston adapted the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre from the novel of the same name, titled Der Schatz der Sierra Madre (1927), written by the reclusive novelist B. Traven.12