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Overview

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Director:
John Huston
Writers:
John Huston (screenplay)
B. Traven (novel)
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Release Date:
24 January 1948 (USA) more
Tagline:
The more he yearns for a woman's arms . . . the fiercer he lusts for the treasure that cursed them all! more
Plot:
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 4 nominations more
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Truly something special more (139 total)

Cast

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Humphrey Bogart ... Dobbs

Walter Huston ... Howard

Tim Holt ... Curtin
Bruce Bennett ... Cody
Barton MacLane ... 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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Treasure of Sierra Madre (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
126 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | South Korea:12 | West Germany:12 (nf) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Norway:16 | West Germany:6 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:15 (1977) | UK:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #12347)
Filming Locations:
Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico more

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Trivia:
Producer Henry Blanke had originally wanted John Garfield in the Tim Holt role, but Garfield was unavailable. Ronald Reagan was then considered. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the last scene, after Curtin has been shot and his arm is put in a sling, he hops onto his horse by pulling himself up entirely with his hurt arm. He takes the time to slip his arm back into the sling in the same shot. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Dobbs: Say buddy, will you stake a fellow Am...
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Good Eats: The Muffin Man (#7.4)" (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms more

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33 out of 41 people found the following comment useful.
Truly something special, 3 June 2004
Author: byght from Washington, DC

This film made a huge impression on me when I first saw it at the age of 15 or 16. A recent rewatching on DVD really served to bring home for me what makes this film so special.

The whole thing is quite good, but it really hits you when Howard goes off to celebrate with the Indians, leaving Dobbs and Curtin to care for his gold and burros. The ensuing scenes of their spiraling mistrust and tension are absolutely spellbinding--the kind of thing that makes you lean forward in your seat just to get your eyes a little closer to the raw humanity unfolding in front of you. Their paranoia, the way you can SEE scenarios of betrayal dancing in their eyes, Dobbs' burgeoning madness--these are the moments that make this film one for the ages.

At its best, film noir (which this most certainly is--Western surroundings or no) makes the viewer complicit in the evil depicted on screen. We find ourselves scheming and plotting in our heads along with the unsavory characters we are watching--we start to feel the same temptations and desires that they do. "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" accomplishes this bond with the audience as well as any film you are likely to see.

A magnificent film--one of the few great screen tragedies.

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