The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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8.2/10

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Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, and Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

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Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

135K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Top rated movie #152

Won 3 Oscars
- 15 wins & 5 nominations total

Pat McCormick
(as Barton Mac Lane)

Alfonso Bedoya

Gold Hat

Arturo Soto Rangel

Presidente
(as A. Soto Rangel)

Manuel Dondé

El Jefe
(as Manuel Donde)

José Torvay

Pablo
(as Jose Torvay)

Margarito Luna

Pancho

Robert Blake

Mexican Boy Selling Lottery Tickets
(uncredited)

Guillermo Calles

Mexican Storeowner
(uncredited)

Roberto Cañedo

Mexican Lieutenant
(uncredited)

Spencer Chan

Proprietor
(uncredited)

Jacqueline Dalya

Flashy Girl
(uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Flophouse Bum
(uncredited)

Ernesto Escoto

Mexican Bandit
(uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Customer in Bar Who Warns Curtin and Dobbs about Pat McCormick
(uncredited)

Director
- John Huston
Writers
All cast & crew
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Trivia
John Huston stated that working with his father on this picture and his dad's subsequent Oscar win were among the favorite moments of his life.

Goofs
Although set in the 1920s, many of the cars on the streets of Tampico are of 1930s and 1940s vintage; likewise, women, when prominently seen, are groomed and dressed strictly in the style of the 1940s.

Quotes
Gold Hat: Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.

Connections
Featured in The Screen Writer (1950)

Soundtracks
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
(1808) (uncredited)
Music traditional
Played on harmonica by Walter Huston

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Featured review

8/10

There's Gold in Them There Hills...

Tampico sets the scene for the start of speculation, Fred C. Dobbs is out of cash and his luck is in cessation, but an encounter in flophouse, and big dreams emerge and arouse, as a plan is born with Howard, and a fellow who's called Curtin. Into hills laden with gold, our companions then embark, finding seams that come alive with golden riches to impart, building up substantial fortune, thinking soon they will be tycoons, but there's one who's trust is waning and has sores that start to smart. The journey back becomes a challenge to them all, as one by one the group is scattered, battered, stalled, will their work be well rewarded, will endeavours all be thwarted, either way, you will be engaged, and quite possibly enthralled.

Bogarts best performance.