Still image from the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Directed by John Huston

Dobbs and Curtin meet up in Mexico, and go to work for a contractor, MacClane, who takes them away to remote site and tells them they will be paid when the job is finished. When they are finished, they return to town to find MacClane to get their wages. MacClane gives them a few dollars, and says he'll just go to the bank and pick up the payroll for them. Dobbs and Curtin then meet up with an old prospector, who claims the hills are still full of gold, and if they can get the cash, he'll go with them. They eventually get the cash from MacClane after a little "persuasion", and all three set off for the hills as good friends, but will they return that way?

1948 2h 6m Adventure TV-PG

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CAST
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John Huston, Director
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John Huston
Director

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Humphrey Bogart, [Fred C.] Dobbs
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Humphrey Bogart
[Fred C.] Dobbs

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Walter Huston, Howard
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Walter Huston
Howard

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Tim Holt, Curtin
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Tim Holt
Curtin

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Bruce Bennett, Cody
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Bruce Bennett
Cody

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Barton Maclane, [Pat] McCormick
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Barton Maclane
[Pat] McCormick

FULL SYNOPSIS

In 1925, in Tampico, Mexico, down-and-out Fred C. Dobbs is hired to work in an oil field, where he meets another American named Curtin. After the job is finished, Dobbs and Curtin head for a flophouse for the night. There, Howard, an old prospector, talks about men who succumbed to gold fever and lost everything, and Dobbs swears that would never happen to him. Having learned that Pat McCormick, the man who hired them, has a reputation for defaulting on the money he owes his men, Dobbs and Curtin demand that he pay them immediately. McCormick puts up a fight, but Dobbs and Curtin overpower him and take their money. They then ask Howard to help them prospect for gold. Using their pay and the money from Dobbs's winning lottery ticket, the three men head toward the Sierra Madre mountains. When their train is attacked by bandits, the Americans help fight them off, but a sudden motion of the train prevents Dobbs from killing their leader, Gold Hat. Later, in a small village, the men buy burros and supplies and head for undiscovered territory. Just as the exhausted Dobbs and Curtin decide to quit, Howard informs them that they have located a rich lode of gold. After a while, Dobbs begins to suspect the others of cheating him and suggests that they divide up the gold as they go along. Just as Howard had warned, the men become suspicious of each other. When Dobbs is caught in a cave-in, Curtin briefly considers leaving him to die, in order to get a larger share of the treasure...


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ARTICLES
SYNOPSIS The pursuit of gold in the hills of Mexico prompts these Americans to band together: two hard-luck cases, Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt), and a sage old-timer, Howard (Walter Huston). As their dreams start to materialize, human nature begins to tear the men apart. Director: John Huston Producer: Henry Blanke Screenplay: John Huston, B. Traven (novel) Cinematography: Ted D. McCord Music: Max Steiner Cast: Humphrey Bogart (Fred C. Dobbs), Walter Huston (Howard), Tim Holt (Bob Curtin), Bruce Bennett (James Cody), Barton MacLane (Pat McCormick), Alfonso Bedoya (Gold Hat), Arturo Soto Rangel (El Presidente), Manuel Donde (El Jefe), Robert Blake (Mexican boy), Ann Sheridan (Streetwalker). BW-127m. Closed captioning. Descriptive Video. Why The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is Essential Many critics consider The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, released in 1948, to be director John Huston's finest cinematic offering, a gritty depiction of the cancerous effects of gold lust upon a man's soul. Yet there are countless films that deal with the subject matter of money and greed and the deadly combination the two can create. What makes this film stand out is the artistry behind the movie. From the direction of Huston, to the performances of Humphrey Bogart and Huston's father, Walter, to the stellar camera work of Ted McCord, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre achieves an uncompromising look into the dark side of human nature. ...

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NOTES
Memos included in the Warner Bros. Collection at the USC Cinema-Television Library add the following information about the production: The B. Traven novel was purchased by the studio in 1941 as a vehicle for director John Huston. (Due to some complications and misunderstandings, the motion picture rights to the novel were difficult to obtain.) By July 1942, Huston was in the Army, and, in a memo dated July 14, 1942, producer Henry Blanke asked story editor Jim Geller to send a copy of the book to Edward G. Robinson for his consideration. In December 1942, Robert Rossen was working on a draft of the screenplay, but the film was eventually postponed and not revived until Huston's return from active duty at the end of the war. The extent of Rossen's contribution, if any, to the completed film has not been determined. Ronald Reagan was considered for the role of "Curtin" and Zachary Scott was a possibility for the role of "Cody." Papers included in the production file on t...

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