Movie Directors Who Made a Cameo Appearance in Their Own Films

John Houston

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is based on the 1927 B. Traven novel with the same title. Humphrey Bogart plays Fred C. Dobbs, a man struggling to pay the bills, in the film adaptation. He asks a nicely dressed American man for a little help before going treasure hunting. The businessman in question? That's director John Houston!

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