Three unlucky Americans (Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt) seek gold in Mexico, agreeing beforehand... (Learn more)
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Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
John Huston's 1948 treasure-hunt classic begins as drifter Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), down and out in Tampico, Mexico, impulsively spends his last bit of dough on a lottery ticket. Later on, Dobbs and fellow indigent Curtin (Tim Holt) seek shelter in a cheap flophouse and meet Howard (Walter Huston), a toothless, garrulous old coot who regales them with stories about prospecting for gold. Forcibly collecting their pay from their shifty boss, Dobbs and Curtin combine this money with Dobbs's unexpected windfall from a lottery ticket and, together with Howard, buy the tools for a prospecting expedition. Dobbs has pledged that anything they dig up will be split three ways, but Howard, who's heard that song before, doesn't quite swallow this. As the gold is mined and measured, Dobbs grows increasingly paranoid and distrustful, and the men gradually turn against each other on the way toward a bitterly ironic conclusion. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a superior morality play and one of the best movie treatments of the corrosiveness of greed. Huston keeps a typically light and entertaining touch despite the strong theme, for which he won Oscars for both Director and Screenplay, as well as a supporting award for his father Walter, making Walter, John, and Anjelica Huston the only three generations of one family all to win Oscars. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
1/24/48
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
126 mins.
Language
- English
Awards
- Winner of the 100 Greatest American Movies award at the 1998 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion award at the 1948 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Film - Any Source award at the 1949 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1948 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the U.S. National Film Registry award at the 1989 Library of Congress [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1948 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1948 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1948 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1948 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1948 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 1948 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1948 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1948 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the 10 Best Films award at the 1948 New York Times [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1948 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the 10 Best Films award at the 1948 Film Daily [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1948 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
Distributor
- MGM Home Entertainment
- Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
- Warner Brothers
