The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
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Synopsis
Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart
- Walter Huston
- Tim Holt
- Bruce Bennett
- Barton MacLane
- Alfonso Bedoya
- Arturo Soto Rangel
- Manuel Dondé
- José Torvay
- Margarito Luna
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- Aug 19, 2023
The old prospector is one of the coolest dudes I’ve ever seen
Patrick WillemsJun 2, 2023When I worked at Cinemark it was common for kids under 17 to buy tickets to PG or PG-13 movies and after getting past the ticket booth they’d walk into whatever theater they wanted (we didn’t have assigned seats). This happened a lot when It Chapter One came out. One day,…
PopcornIdeologyJun 9, 2026Huston’s dad owns this frickin movie. The ending is perfect. Watched it on 35mm at the Plaza Theater in Atlanta. What a treat.
PaulWHauser - Jan 17, 2020
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% Metacritic Metascore: 98 IMDb: 8.2 96/100 Release Date: 24 January 1948 Distributor: Warner Brothers Budget: $3M Worldwide Gross: $215K OSCAR Wins: 3 OSCAR Nominations: 4 Total Film Awards: 13 Howard: "Hey you fellas, how 'bout some beans? You want…
@Mr. Like🔥🔥🔥Sep 16, 2015A masterwork of outstanding direction, terrific writing & brilliant acting, a fascinating yet unsettling portrait of poverty, desperation, greed & its corrupting power, and still retaining all its potency despite being nearly 70 years old, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre…
cinemasauronJul 18, 201183/100 Still a great movie, but not at all the great movie I'd remembered. My heart sank a little early on when Walter Huston launched into an extended speech about how lust for gold inevitably corrupts the soul of every man, no matter how fundamentally decent; that's…
Mike D'Angelo - Sep 25, 2012
One small step for man, one giant leap for Hollywood. A landmark turning point in the business, Madre was one of the very first to shoot almost entirely on location, resulting in an unheard of 6 months of shooting. The painstaking details have lived long, gracefully aging…
Colin the dudeJan 16, 2018or: THERE WILL BE GOLD seeing humphrey bogart on the big screen should be classified as its own unique human emotion
WesSep 8, 2019The only Lord of the Rings movie anyone should really need.
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- James New likedThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Well acted, decently paced and solidly directed. Music is quite good & the camerawork & locations are really good. Idk perhaps it was the story that didn’t quite do it for me, a good film no doubt but I wanted to like it more
MovieDaddy lovedThe Treasure of the Sierra MadreBogart’s greatest performance as a man driven insane by greed. A top 100 all-time flick without a doubt, and perfectly epitomizes the golden era of Hollywood.
Mickerdoo likedThe Treasure of the Sierra MadreI like the paranoia, madness, distrust and greed. Thought it was probably pretty realistic. Just didn’t like the final act of the movie.
- Arthur likedThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Very cool I loved the end ! I just founded a little hard to get in at first because the english is very hard to understand
Platypus Lord likedThe Treasure of the Sierra MadreSuper well-made film and a great study of corruption and greed. Though it's not something I'm ever raring to rewatch.
Knasper likedThe Treasure of the Sierra MadreNot very subtle, but still a good story.
- Jacob King likedThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Hayden Vancil lovedThe Treasure of the Sierra MadreAbsolute Banger! Classic story 9/10
Kelly Jackson likedThe Treasure of the Sierra MadreWe don’t need no stinkin badges.
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Metacritic
The movie has never really been about gold but about character, and Bogart fearlessly makes Fred C. Dobbs into a pathetic, frightened, selfish man -- so sick we would be tempted to pity him, if he were not so undeserving of pity.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Like The Searchers, this is so brilliant that the only real effect of the other versions is to make you want to watch the original again.
David Parkinson
Empire
Mr. Huston has shaped a searching drama of the collision of civilization's vicious greeds with the instinct for self-preservation in an environment where all the barriers are down. And, by charting the moods of his prospectors after they have hit a vein of gold, he has done a superb illumination of basic characteristics in men. One might almost reckon that he has filmed an intentional comment here upon the irony of avarice in individuals and in nations today...But don't let this note of intelligence distract your attention from the fact that Mr. Huston is putting it over in a most vivid and exciting action display.
Bosley Crowther
The New York Times
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (1948)?
The movie is 2hr 6min long.
What's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (1948) about?
Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Who's the cast of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (1948)?
- Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs
- Walter Huston as Howard
- Tim Holt as Curtin
- Bruce Bennett as Cody
- Barton MacLane as Pat McCormick
- Alfonso Bedoya as Gold Hat
- Arturo Soto Rangel as Presidente
- Manuel Dondé as El Jefe
- José Torvay as Pablo
- Margarito Luna as Pancho
Who's the director behind The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (1948)?
John Huston directed The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (1948).
Who produced The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (1948)?
Henry Blanke produced The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (1948).
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