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SummaryFred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Directed By:John Huston

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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98
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Universal Acclaim
8.2
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Metascore
90% Positive
9 Reviews
10% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
The New Yorker
One of the strongest of all American movies...The picture is emotionally memorable, though - it has a powerful cumulative effect; when it's over you know you've seen something.
100
Time
One of the best things Hollywood has done since it learned to talk; and the movie can take a place, without blushing, among the best ever made.
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Universal Acclaim
89% Positive
137 Ratings
6% Mixed
10 Ratings
5% Negative
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Aug 13, 2024
10
VicFerrari
People wear masks and true character is revealed under stress. This is the mantra of screenwriting guru Robert Mckee and 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' is a fine example of the principle in action. Sublime cinema at the peak of the form. The story flows from, and builds on character. Camera and editing in service of the narrative. Insight not spectacle. Engaging and entertaining from beginning to end.
Aug 23, 2019
10
TMProofreader3
The best, GREATEST thrilling movie ever made! With the best movie character ever portrayed: Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs! And the best movie quote ever spoken: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" And the best movie score ever composed!
100
TV Guide Magazine
Arguably John Huston's greatest film, this powerful study of masculinity under pressure retains its power.
100
The New York Times
Mr. Huston has shaped a searching drama of the collision of civilization's vicious greeds with the instinct for self-preservation in an environment where all the barriers are down. And, by charting the moods of his prospectors after they have hit a vein of gold, he has done a superb illumination of basic characteristics in men. One might almost reckon that he has filmed an intentional comment here upon the irony of avarice in individuals and in nations today...But don't let this note of intelligence distract your attention from the fact that Mr. Huston is putting it over in a most vivid and exciting action display.
100
Empire
Like "The Searchers", this is so brilliant that the only real effect of the other versions is to make you want to watch the original again.
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Slant Magazine
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is as enduring a classic as has ever come out of Hollywood, and arguably among the greatest, but the film is admittedly not without its share of rough spots.
60
Time Out
Outrageously Oscar-seeking performances like actor Huston's, coupled with director Huston's comparative conviction with action sequences, work against any yearning for significance. There's a quite enjoyable yarn buried under the hollow laughter.
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Feb 23, 2024
9
ASF401
One of the best movie i saw in my life . Mr.Humphrey bogart is one of my favorites artists
Dec 3, 2019
9
Andremax
Remember that Treasure of Sierra Madre was a movie made under a context where gaves value to text and plot, which doesn't an exception here, beyond fit and well-tied form, here we got some demonstrations of loyalty, corruption, poverty and everything else that defines more-than-one individuals human relationship
May 18, 2018
9
morgana1972
Compared to the movies of today, this holds up really well. A breath of fresh air from a good classic. Water is more valuable than gold when your'e a hundred miles from nowhere. Would you rather be a rich dead man or a living poor one with water & food scraps?
Apr 18, 2025
6
arathorn
One of better old movies. Compact and good all around. What I resent in old movies is the strict form. Very few are constructing shots out of the box.
Dec 23, 2022
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Broyax
Une vieillerie chiante comme la pluie et pour cause, il s’agit d’une daube de John Huston, spécialiste émérite en la matière, la matière dont sont faites les daubes cinemerdographiques, à savoir les sales films de merde dont il avait le secret mais aussi la recette imparable ! Aussi, ne sommes-nous point étonné de nous endormir dès les premières minutes du film, un film incongru d’ailleurs, vu que les immigrés ici sont américains et émigrent… vers le Mexique ! on est dans les années 20 mais quand même, la grande dépression n’est pas encore là. On y suit en tout cas l’excellent Bogart en clodo involontaire qui rame comme un crevard et traîne dans le pays sous-développé comme uin traîne-savate en compagnie d’ailleurs d’autres ‘compatriotes’ même si certains ont réussi et pètent dans la soie… quoi qu’il en soit, le voici qui se remet au boulot et s’en va chercher un trésor dans la Sierra Madre à ce qu’il paraît… Mais nous avons déjà arrêté les frais depuis longtemps (déjà), car cette chienlit est d’une lenteur à faire mourir de honte une tortue fatiguée ! à laquelle nous pissons à la raie (si elle avait une raie) parce que franchement (avec l’accent très marseillais) on s’en bat les couilles de tout ça et notamment des sales films de merde. Dommage pour Bogart mais de toute évidence, tout le monde peut se tromper. D’ailleurs, je crois bien qu’il ne roulait pas en Golf.
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  • Warner Bros.
Jan 24, 1948
2 h 6 m
TV-PG
Storming to a New High in High Adventure !
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
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