The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
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Reviews Counted: 33 Fresh: 33 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 9.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Synopsis:
A good Joe, a bad egg and a fast-talking old coot team up to prospect for gold south of the border, but when the gold starts flowing, greed breeds badge-less bandits and mutual mistrust. A classic! Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: 3, including Best... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Robert Blake
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Reviews
John Huston has rarely been in better form than in this 1948 study of gold fever and worse obsessions among an unlikely trio of prospectors...
07/02/07 03:16 PM
Top Critic There's a quite enjoyable yarn buried under the hollow laughter.
02/09/06 03:16 AM
Riveting, downbeat, and surprising, a gripping adventure and one of Hollywood's most resonant morality tales… a smart, remorseless story of gold, greed, guns, and guile.
06/14/04 07:58 AM
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.
01/15/04 05:08 PM
Top Critic Much of the film's strength comes from director John Huston's pen and attention to detail.
11/30/03 08:07 AM
Sierra Madre is one of the most lush black & white films ever shot. You'll never look at a gila monster the same way after seeing it slither across the sand in this film.
09/30/03 05:08 PM
...a profound examination of mistrust and avarice, leading to greed, deception, and murder.
09/29/03 04:45 PM
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