The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

2h 0m

Adventure

Western

Drama

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In this classic adventure film, two rough-and-tumble wanderers, Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt), meet up with a veteran prospector, Howard (Walter Huston), in Mexico and head into the Sierra Madre mountains to find gold. Although they discover treasure, they also find plenty of trouble, not only from ruthless bandits lurking in the dangerous Mexican wilderness but from their own insecurities and greed, which threaten to bring conflict at any moment.

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Critics Consensus

Remade but never duplicated, this darkly humorous morality tale represents John Huston at his finest.

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Kate Cameron

New York Daily News

01/12/2023

4/4

In Treasure of the Sierra Madre, John Huston has turned out the best picture that has come from Warner Brothers' studios since the war.

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Edwin Schallert

Los Angeles Times

01/12/2023

That gold changes the character of men who are fortunate enough to find it is the central thesis of this curiously powerful production.

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Rob Humanick

Slant Magazine

04/20/2011

4/4

Transcends the medium to become a mandatory viewing experience for anyone that identifies themselves as a human being, period.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 2

4/4

My pick for the greatest Western of all time? That entirely depends on whether one places The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in the genre.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

02/14/2022

4/4

Unlike most studio releases of the era, the film's depiction of wretched moral depravity is not sweetened by a studio ending, where, say, the ugly impulses of greed are suppressed by a higher moral calling.

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Matt Neal

ABC Radio (Australia)

07/30/2021

5/5

Wildly unconventional for its time, it makes its A-list star a villain, there's no romantic subplot, and it's far grimmer than most movies of the age.

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Renaldo D

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Perhaps one of the best films in this genre.

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Andrew T

@RT72355796 Jul 20

This is one of the greatest movies of ALL TIME! It is one of my favorite movies ever and it is a top 15 movie I have ever seen. This is the greatest depiction of gold fever ever put to film and it is endlessly iconic. What a beautiful movie. 10/10

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Christian K

@ckacar Mar 11

An excellent adventure film with great performances, particularly Walter Huston, who deservedly won best supporting actor that year. I can say this very confidently having seen 3 films from 1948.

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James H

@RT06941398 Nov 12

A little dated, and overacted, but still a strong winding story that has you on the edge of your seat despite a feeling of unavoidable failure.

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EE D

@RT03285035 Nov 2

Though the movie is long and very tedious in a way old movies are this movie teaches us an important lesson- if you found out who's the guy without morals it's better to kill his first before he'll manage to damage you. Fortunately the end is worth the long movie, it's such a good joke!

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Stephen C

@bob25009 06/07/2025

Failed in 2 hours and 4 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

In this classic adventure film, two rough-and-tumble wanderers, Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt), meet up with a veteran prospector, Howard (Walter Huston), in Mexico and head into the Sierra Madre mountains to find gold. Although they discover treasure, they also find plenty of trouble, not only from ruthless bandits lurking in the dangerous Mexican wilderness but from their own insecurities and greed, which threaten to bring conflict at any moment.

Director: John Huston
Producer: Henry Blanke
Screenwriter: B. Traven, John Huston
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Warner Brothers
Genre: Adventure, Western, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 6, 1948, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Runtime: 2h 0m