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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948

John Huston

Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett ...

8.1

15,977

Adventure. Western Two down-and-out friends, Fred Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt) find themselves working a dead-end job in Tampico, Mexico. Wishing they could turn their luck around, the two meet Howard (Walter Houston), an old man telling a tale of bountiful gold ripe for the picking in the neighboring hills. Convinced of Howard's tale, the three agree to journey to the hills to find gold and split their earnings evenly. But when the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"Greed (...) is seldom treated in the movies with the frank and ironic contempt that is vividly manifested toward it in 'Treasure of Sierra Madre'."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Using adventure not as an end in itself but as a test of its characters (...) It tells this story with gusto and Huston's love of male camaraderie, and it occasionally breaks into laughter (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"This is so brilliant that the only real effect of the other versions is to make you want to watch the original again (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Herm Schoenfeld Variety	"[It] is not only radically different, but it's a distinguished work that will take its place in the repertory of Hollywood's great and enduring achievements."	POS
United States	Rob Humanick Slant	"'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' remains one of the most insightful films ever made about greed and the thorny effects of temptation on human nature (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Stephen Garrett Time Out	"[It] tends to look pretentious rather than profound (...) There's a quite enjoyable yarn buried under the hollow laughter."	NEU
United States	Don Druker Chicago Reader	"John Huston was rarely in better form than he was directing this (...) Bogart is outstanding"	POS

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